Kazuo Ishiguro

About Kazuo Ishiguro

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".

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Upcoming Titles

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  Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger March 9, 2027

  From one of the great storytellers of our time, an exquisite period piece—a disarming and memorable caper in which not everything is quite as it seems At first, I took you for a charming jewel thief. London, 1938. After attending a music hall matinee, Richard Hadley has an unexpected encounter with the mysterious Miss Lambert. Determined to defend her from the apparently hostile forces closing in, he pursues her to a grand hotel deep in the English countryside, then onto a train bound for Scotland.

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Earlier Books

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  Klara and the Sun March 16, 2021

  Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.

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  The Buried Giant March 3, 2015

  In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And, because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him. As they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share.

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  Never Let Me Go 2005

  NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remains of the Day comes “a Gothic tour de force" (The New York Times) with an extraordinary twist—a moving, suspenseful, beautifully atmospheric modern classic. One of The New York Times’s 10 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century • A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 Years As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside.

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  When We Were Orphans 2000 View on Amazon: When We Were Orphans
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  The Remains of the Day 1989 View on Amazon: The Remains of the Day
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  The Unconsoled 1988 View on Amazon: The Unconsoled
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  A Pale View of Hills 1982 View on Amazon: A Pale View of Hills
• Introduction 7 January 1981 View on Amazon: Introduction 7

More New Books Coming Up

• A Devil of a Crime by T. Kingfisher · Mar 9, 2027
• A Whiff of Scandal: A Molly Murphy Mystery by Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles · Mar 9, 2027
• Breeze Felt at Moonrise by Lynn Buchanan · Mar 9, 2027
• Creative Differences by Annabel Paulsen · Mar 9, 2027
• Dungeon Crawler Carl (Graphic Novel), Vol. 3 by Matt Dinniman · Mar 9, 2027
• Ears by Stephen Graham Jones · Mar 9, 2027
• How to Build a Universe by Katie Mack · Mar 9, 2027
• Just One More Chapter by Lucy Score · Mar 9, 2027
• Room for Two by Lana Ferguson · Mar 9, 2027
• Witch Dance by Isabel Ibañez · Mar 9, 2027

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