Kazuo Ishiguro





Kazuo Ishiguro

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born
in Nagasaki, Japan
November 08, 1954

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Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ or 石黒 一雄) is a British novelist of a Japanese origin. 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.


Average rating: 3.81 · 226,003 ratings · 18,184 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors
Never Let Me Go
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 144,615 ratings — published 2005 — 97 editions
The Remains of the Day
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 53,761 ratings — published 1989 — 110 editions
When We Were Orphans
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 8,428 ratings — published 2000 — 51 editions
An Artist of the Floating W...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 5,151 ratings — published 1986 — 44 editions
A Pale View Of Hills
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 4,874 ratings — published 1982 — 44 editions
Nocturnes: Five Stories of ...
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 5,065 ratings — published 2009 — 50 editions
The Unconsoled
3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 3,542 ratings — published 1995 — 41 editions
A Village After Dark
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2001
An Artist of the Floating W...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 52 ratings
A Family Supper
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1990
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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

“Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes me a while to adjust.”
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

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