Kazuo Ishiguro Av Wai-Chew (Nanyang Technological University Singapore) Sim

<P>Having earned an international reputation with his booker-prize-winning novel, <EM>The Remains of the Day</EM>, Kazuo Ishiguro is fast emerging as an important cultural figure of our times.</P><P>In this guide to Ishiguro¿s varied and often experimental work, Wai-chew Sim presents:</P><UL><UL><P></P></UL><LI>a biographical survey of Ishiguro¿s literary career, and an introduction to his novels, plays and short stories</LI><LI>an accessible overview of the contexts and many interpretations of his work, from publication to the present </LI><LI>discussions of key topics in Ishiguro criticism such as narrative theory, multicultural Britain and postcolonial studies, psychoanalytic criticism, and Ishiguro as international writer</LI><LI>cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism </LI><LI>suggestions for further reading.</LI><UL><P></P></UL></UL><P>Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essentia