This Guide outlines the critical responses to the novels of one of the most popular contemporary authors, and examines the key critical positions that havesubsequently developed. Matthew Beedham also explores the themes which are central to Kazuo Ishiguro's work, such as narration, memory and ethics. INDICE: Introduction - Bad Memories: A Pale View of the Hills (1982) - A Troubled Artist's Art: An Artist of the Floating World (1987) - The Remains of the Day (1993): Reception and Narration - The Remains of the Day 2: Historicaland Postcolonial Readings - Remains of the Day 3: Interdisciplinary Approaches - Who are The Unconsoled (1995) and Where Do They Live? - Detecting the Past: When We Were Orphans (2000) - Questioning the Possibles: Never Let Me Go (2005) - Conclusion - Notes - Select Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-51745-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha Publicación: 23/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés