{"product_id":"japanese-perspectives-on-kazuo-ishiguro-9783031249976","title":"Japanese Perspectives on Kazuo Ishiguro","description":"This collection of essays offers new perspectives from Japan on Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. It analyses the Japanese-born British author from the vantage point of his birthplace, showing how Ishiguro remains greatly indebted to Japanese culture and sensibilities. The influence of Japanese literature and film is evident in Ishiguro's early novels as he deals with the problem of the atomic bomb and Japan's war responsibility, yet his later works also engage with folk tales and the modern popular culture of Japan. The chapters consider a range of Japanese influences on Ishiguro and adaptations of Ishiguro's work, including literary, cinematic and animated representations. The book makes use of newly archived drafts of Ishiguro's manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas to explore the origins of his oeuvre. It also offers sharp, new examinations of Ishiguro's work in relation to memory studies, especially in relation to Japan. \u003cb\u003e​ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTakayuki Shonaka is Professor in English Literature at Kyoto Women's University, Japan. His research and teaching expertise are in British and American Culture, Language, and Literature. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKazuo Ishiguro: 'Nihon' to 'Igirisu' no Hazama kara\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eKazuo Ishiguro: From Between 'Japan' and 'England'\u003c\/i\u003e] (2011). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTakahiro Mimura is Professor in English at Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan. He studies contemporary English novels especially from the perspective of memory. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKazuo Ishiguro Wo Yomu\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eReading Kazuo Ishiguro\u003c\/i\u003e] (2022) and \u003ci\u003eKioku To Zinbungaku\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eMemory and the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e] (2021).\u003c\/p\u003eShinya Morikawa is Professor in English Literature at Hokkai-Gakuen University, Japan. His research interests include contemporary British fiction, international migration novels, and literary stylistics\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a co-editor of \u003ci\u003eKazuo Ishiguro No Shisen: Kioku, Souzou, Kyoushu \u003c\/i\u003e[\u003ci\u003eKazuo Ishiguro's Gaze: Memory, Imagination, Nostalgia\u003c\/i\u003e] (2018).\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50392882938130,"sku":"9783031249976","price":158.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_adbb8637-ddf5-439b-9d1d-a2884cbae05a.jpg?v=1728978513","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/japanese-perspectives-on-kazuo-ishiguro-9783031249976","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}