An introduction to Kazuo Ishiguro's novels // The Observer
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The award-winning author of 'Miracle Creek' and 'Happiness Falls' talks Lorrie Moore, 'Trust Exercise', and the book that has the best title.
The award-winning author of 'Miracle Creek' and 'Happiness Falls' talks Lorrie Moore, 'Trust Exercise', and the book that has the best title.
Bittersweet tales of a deluded butler, Arthurian fables and the view from AI – if you’re not familiar with the garlanded author’s work, here are some good entry points
Vikas Datta In one way, this author exemplifies how literary ability can transcend national or linguistic landscapes, and in the other, provides another example of the pervasive power of English, following the footsteps of other exophonic writers in the language like Joseph Conrad, Karen Blixen aka Isak Dinesen, and Vladimir Nabokov, among others. But unlike them, Japanese-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro went on to become a Nobel Literature laureate (2017). There are others who won the Nobel for writing in English despite it not being their mother tongue – Rabindranath Tagore and Wole...