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Kazuo Ishiguro

    November 8, 1954

    Kazuo Ishiguro is a Nobel Prize laureate whose novels of great emotional force uncover the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world. His works often delve into themes of memory, time, and human existence, exploring the unspoken and forgotten aspects of human experience. Ishiguro employs a subtle, melancholic style to craft atmospheric narratives that leave a lasting impression on readers.

    Kazuo Ishiguro
    A Pale View of Hills
    The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent
    Never let me go
    My twentieth century evening and other small breakthroughs
    The Remains of the day
    The Remains of the Day. Was vom Tage übrigblieb, Englische Ausgabe
    • The Remains of the day

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      "It is the summer of 1956, and the ageing butler of Darlington Hall takes a rare holiday. But it is a journey that will also take him deep into his past. The Remains of the Day is a remarkable story: a man's exploration of his own life, and his heart-breaking attempt to make sense of it."--Cover.

      The Remains of the day
      4.2
    • Delivered in Stockholm on 7 December 2017, My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs is the lecture of the Nobel Laureate in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro. A generous and hugely insightful biographical sketch, it explores his relationship with Japan, reflections on his own novels and an insight into some of his inspirations, from the worlds of writing, music and film. Ending with a rallying call for the ongoing importance of literature in the world, it is a characteristically thoughtful and moving piece.

      My twentieth century evening and other small breakthroughs
      4.1
    • Das Leben im Internat Hailsham scheint unauffällig: Freundschaften werden geschlossen, Konflikte ausgetragen, Beziehungen beginnen, kurz: die Internatsschüler durchleben eine normale Jugend. Doch dann gibt es da auch noch die anderen Aspekte des Lebens an diesem Ort. Mysteriöse Einrichtungen wie der jährliche Basar, einer der wenigen Zeitpunkte, an dem die Kinder Kontakt zur Außenwelt haben, oder unklare Andeutungen über die besondere Bestimmung eines jeden einzelnen Schülers dieses Internats - die Idylle scheint nicht das zu sein, was sie verspricht. Viele Jahre nach ihrem Austritt aus Hailsham erinnert sich die ehemalige Schülerin Kathy an ihre Zeit dort und beginnt für sich und den Leser langsam das dunkle Geheimnis zu entüllen, das diesen Ort umgibt. Abiturempfehlung zu den Themenbereichen Genetic engineering and medical ethics und Growing up

      Never let me go
      3.9
    • Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, The Summer We crossed Europe in the Rain collects the sixteen song lyrics he wrote for world-renowned American singer, Stacey Kent, which were set to music by her partner Jim Tomlinson. An exquisite coming together of the literary and musical worlds, the lyrics are infused with a sense of yearning, melancholy, love, and the romance of travel and liminal spaces.Further exploring the notion of collaboration and interpretation, the collection is illustrated by the acclaimed Italian artist, Bianca Bagnarelli whose work perfectly captures the atmosphere and sensibility of the songs.

      The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent
      3.8
    • A middle-aged Japanese woman, now living in England, relives her horrifying childhood memories of the bombing of Nagasaki

      A Pale View of Hills
      3.8
    • An Artist oft the Floating World

      • 206 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.If you enjoyed An Artist of the Floating World, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics.

      An Artist oft the Floating World
      3.8
    • Klara and the sun

      • 307 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Klara and the Sun is the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017

      Klara and the sun
      3.7
    • Come rain or come shine

      • 80 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      In Kazuo Ishiguro's hands, a snapshot of domestic realism becomes a miniature masterpiece of memory and forgetting.

      Come rain or come shine
      3.7
    • Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.The Unconsoled is at once a gripping psychological mystery, a wicked satire of the cult of art, and a poignant character study of a man whose public life has accelerated beyond his control.The setting is a nameless Central European city where Ryder, a renowned pianist, has come to give the most important performance of his life. Instead, he finds himself diverted on a series of cryptic and infuriating errands that nevertheless provide him with vital clues to his own past.In The Unconsoled Ishiguro creates a work that is itself a virtuoso performance, strange, haunting, and resonant with humanity and wit."A work of great interest and originality.... Ishiguro has mapped out an aesthetic territory that is all his own...frankly fantastic [and] fiercer and funnier than before."--The New Yorker

      The Unconsoled
      3.6
    • The Buried Giant

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The extraordinary new novel from the author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize winning The Remains of the Day. The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. But at least the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased. The Buried Giant begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many hazards – some strange and other-worldly – but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another. Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge and war.

      The Buried Giant
      3.6
    • When We Were Orphans

      • 313 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      In 1930s England, Christopher Banks has become one of the country's most celebrated detectives. His cases are the talk of London society. Yet one mystery has always haunted him, the mysterious disappearance of his parents in Old Shanghai, when he was a small boy.

      When We Were Orphans
      3.6
    • From the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the 'hush-hush floor' of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. In this title, the author explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time.

      Nocturnes. Five stories of music and nightfall
      3.6
    • Die Königs Erläuterung ist eine verlässliche und bewährte Textanalyse und Lektürehilfe für Schüler und weiterführende Informationsquelle für Lehrer und andere Interessierte: verständlich, übersichtlich und prägnant. Der Band bietet Schülern eine fundierte und umfassende Vorbereitung auf Abitur, Matura, Klausuren und Referate zu diesem Thema: Alle erforderlichen Informationen zur Textanalyse und Interpretation: Angaben zu Leben und Werk des Autors, ausführliche Inhaltsangabe, Aufbau, Personenkonstellation und Charakteristiken, Sachliche und sprachliche Erläuterungen, Stil und Sprache, Interpretationsansätze, Rezeptionsgeschichte und Abituraufgaben mit Lösungstipps. - Der inhaltliche Aufbau der Bände ist klar und folgerichtig. - Die Texte sind verständlich verfasst. - Die Gestaltung ist übersichtlich, was ein schnelles Zurechtfinden ermöglicht. - Die Inhalte erheben literaturwissenschaftlichen Anspruch.

      Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien - 453: Erläuterungen zu Kazuo Ishiguro, Was vom Tage übrig blieb (The remains of the day)
      4.4
    • Это роман-притча о "малых сих", о тех, кто находится внизу системы, глубоко в нее верит и верно ей служит. О нашем отношении к другим, к тем, кого мы используем и без кого наш комфорт не мог бы существовать

      Не отпускай меня. Ne otpuskay menya
      4.4
    • Homo Deus. A Brief History of Tomorrow

      • 528 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLERSapiensshows us where we came from. Homo Deusshows us where we?re going.Yuval Noah Hararienvisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deusexplores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.It asks the fundamental questions- how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?'Homo Deuswill shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before? Daniel Kahneman

      Homo Deus. A Brief History of Tomorrow
      4.2
    • Versluierde heuvels

      • 185 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Een in Engeland wonende Japanse weduwe beleeft in haar herinnering opnieuw de periode na de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Nagasaki.

      Versluierde heuvels
    • Königs Erläuterung zu Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go - Textanalyse und Interpretation mit ausführlicher Inhaltsangabe und Abituraufgaben. In einem Band bieten dir die neuen Königs Erläuterungen alles, was du zur Vorbereitung auf Referat, Klausur, Abitur oder Matura benötigst. Das spart dir lästiges Recherchieren und kostet weniger Zeit zur Vorbereitung. Alle wichtigen Infos zur Interpretation... - von der ausführlichen Inhaltsangabe über Aufbau, Personenkonstellation, Stil und Sprache bis zu Interpretationsansätzen - plus 4 Abituraufgaben mit Musterlösungen und 2 weitere zum kostenlosen Download ... sowohl kurz als auch ausführlich ... - Die Schnellübersicht fasst alle wesentlichen Infos zu Werk und Autor und Analyse zusammen. - Die Kapitelzusammenfassungen zeigen dir das Wichtigste eines Kapitels im Überblick - ideal auch zum Wiederholen. ... und klar strukturiert ... - Ein zweifarbiges Layout hilft dir Wesentliches einfacher und schneller zu erfassen. - Die Randspalte mit Schlüsselbegriffen ermöglichen dir eine bessere Orientierung. - Klar strukturierte Schaubilder verdeutlichen dir wichtige Sachverhalte auf einen Blick. ... mit vielen zusätzlichen Infos zum kostenlosen Download. Sprachen: Englisch, Deutsch

      Königs Erläuterungen - 355: Textanalyse und Interpretation zu Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go
      3.0