TY - BOOK AU - Beedham,Matthew TI - The novels of Kazuo Ishiguro T2 - Readers' guides to essential criticism SN - 9780230517455 (hardcover) AV - PR6059.S5 Z59 2010 U1 - 823.914 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Ishiguro, Kazuo, N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index; 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 : historical and postcolonial readings -- The 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) N2 - "This Guide outlines the initial critical responses to the novels of one of the most popular contemporary authors and explores the key critical positions that have developed. Matthew Beedham explores the themes which are central to Ishiguro's work, such as issues of narration, memory and ethnicity"--Provided by publisher ER -