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Taking off into the realm of metaphor: Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.(Critical essay)
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Studies in the Humanities
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June 1, 2007
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In the quarter century since he published his first novel, A Pale View of Hills (1982), Kazuo Ishiguro has been engaged in an increasingly conflicted relationship with his audience. Unlike many other writers who distrust and avoid interviews, Ishiguro has been willing to submit to a surprisingly large number for a writer whose literary output has been restricted to six novels. Such willingness to discuss his novels may suggest that he himself senses the need to confront (mis)readings of his work, especially after the appearance of The Remains of the Day (1989), which propelled him onto the literary scene. (1) Remains earned him the coveted Booker Prize, (2) along with accolades ...
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