Kazuo Ishiguro





Kazuo Ishiguro

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November 08, 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan

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Kazuo Ishiguro (Japanese: カズオ・イシグロ (Kazuo Ishiguro) or 石黒 一雄 (Ishiguro Kazuo)) is a British novelist. His family moved to England in 1960. Ishiguro obtained his Bachelor's degree from University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative writing course in 1980. He became a British citizen in 1982. He now lives in London.

Ishiguro received the 1989 Man Booker prize for his third novel The Remains of the Day.


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Average rating: 3.76 · 107,631 ratings · 13,032 reviews · 17 distinct works
Never Let Me Go
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 66,014 ratings — published 2005 — 78 editions
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The Remains of the Day
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 25,803 ratings — published 1989 — 89 editions
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When We Were Orphans
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 5,234 ratings — published 2000 — 38 editions
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An Artist of the Floating Worl...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 2,882 ratings — published 1986 — 31 editions
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A Pale View Of Hills
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 2,675 ratings — published 1982 — 38 editions
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Nocturnes
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 2,662 ratings — published 2009 — 40 editions
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The Unconsoled
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 2,106 ratings — published 1995 — 33 editions
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1981
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A Village After Dark
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001
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“Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.”
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart. That's how it is with us. It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can't stay together forever.”
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

“We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.”
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

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