Kazuo Ishiguro

Top 10 books about performance – the lives of actors and musicians | Imogen Crimp
The challenge of capturing the triumphs and crushing failures of the stage and concert hall in words has been taken on by writers from Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf and Eimear McBride
Imogen Crimp
27, Apr, 2022 @2:28 PM

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March
Norman Erikson Pasaribu, Sana Goyaland Guardian readers Melissa and Joe discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month
Sana Goyal, Norman Erikson Pasaribu and Guardian readers
05, Apr, 2022 @11:32 AM

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro audiobook review – a ghost in the machine
The childike innocence of the Never Let Me Go author’s exploration of what it means to be human is sweetly enhanced by narrator Sura Siu
Fiona Sturges
18, Feb, 2022 @12:00 PM

Living review – Bill Nighy tackles life and death in exquisitely sad drama
A gentle and poignant Kazuo Ishiguro-scripted remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1953 film Ikiru about a man dealing with a terminal diagnosis
Peter Bradshaw
21, Jan, 2022 @8:50 PM

Best fiction of 2021
Dazzling debuts, a word-of-mouth hit, plus this year’s bestsellers from Sally Rooney, Jonathan Franzen, Kazuo Ishiguro and more
Justine Jordan
04, Dec, 2021 @9:00 AM

Cosy crime and Greek myth retellings: the Waterstones book of the year shortlist
Janice Hallett’s murder mystery has pipped Richard Osman to a spot on the bookseller’s list
Alison Flood
28, Oct, 2021 @9:01 AM

Alan Johnson: ‘I read Animal Farm at 14 and it changed my life’
The author and former home secretary on disliking Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend and his fondness for PG Wodehouse
Alan Johnson
17, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM

The Remains of the Day: revisit Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson’s classic tale of longing
James Ivory’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel is a tragicomic story of endless manners and unlived possibilities
Michelle Wang
17, Sep, 2021 @2:04 AM

Nadifa Mohamed is sole British writer to make Booker prize shortlist
The author of The Fortune Men will now compete with five other novelists from South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US for the 2021 award
Alison Flood
14, Sep, 2021 @3:25 PM

Rachel Cusk’s singular novel stands out on wide-ranging Booker longlist
Second Place is both timeless and up-to-the minute, with big names Richard Powers and Kazuo Ishiguro among strong international finalists
Justine Jordan
27, Jul, 2021 @6:01 AM

Booker prize reveals globe-spanning longlist of ‘engrossing stories’
Kazuo Ishiguro makes cut alongside Rachel Cusk and Richard Powers, and novels from Sri Lanka and South Africa compete with choices from the US and UK
Alison Flood
26, Jul, 2021 @11:01 PM

Michael Lewis: ‘I didn’t believe in ghosts until I read Neil Gaiman’
The author on his envy of Philip Pullman’s world, imitating Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and struggling with Don Quixote
Michael Lewis
23, Jul, 2021 @9:00 AM
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