Showing results for "Kazuo Ishiguro" in Literary Fiction

1948, Japan. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson; his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.

England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between London and Shanghai of the interwar years, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is “an intricate and dazzling novel” (The New York Times) about the perfect butler and his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler...

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remains of the Day comes “a Gothic tour de force" (The New York Times) with an extraordinary twist—a moving, suspenseful, beautifully atmospheric modern classic. One of The New York Times’s 10 Best Books of the 21st...

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day Here is the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a novel where past and present confuse, she relives...

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the...

Aflat la varsta senectutii, pictorul si profesorul de arta Masuji Ono porneste intr-o odisee de recuperare a biografiei personale, silit de schimbarile radicale dintr-o Japonie abia iesita din ruinele celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial, care incearca sa-si exorcizeze trecutul militarist si sa-si...

Tragic, emotionant, tensionat si cu un final surprinzator, Sa nu ma parasesti este unul dintre cele mai bune romane al lui Ishiguro, nominalizat la Booker Prize, National Book Critic Circle Award si Arthur C. Clarke Award si inclus pe lista celor mai bune carti ale anului in The New York Times...

Stevens, majordom de modă veche, îndrăgostit în tăcere de frumoasa și inteligenta menajeră din castelul lordului Darlington, se identifică într-atît cu funcția sa, încît trece senin pe lîngă dramaticele evenimente din timpul celui de-al doilea...

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Nobelpreis für Literatur 2017! Seit Jahrzehnten dient Stevens als Butler auf Darlington Hall. Er sorgt für einen tadellosen Haushalt und ist die Verschwiegenheit in Person: Er hat sein Leben voll und ganz in den Dienst seines Herrn gestellt, niemals würde er auch nur ein Wort über die merkwürdigen Vorgänge im Herrenhaus verlieren. Jetzt bricht er zum ersten Mal aus seiner gewohnten Welt aus, um seine ehemalige Kollegin, Miss Stenton, in Cornwall zu besuchen.

Klara ist ein Artificial Friend, eine künstliche Intelligenz, die dafür entwickelt wurde, Jugendlichen eine Gefährtin zu sein auf dem Weg ins Erwachsenwerden. Von ihrem Platz im Schaufenster eines Spielzeuggeschäfts aus beobachtet sie ganz genau, was draußen vor sich geht, studiert das Verhalten der Kundinnen und Kunden und hofft darauf, bald von einem jungen Menschen als neue Freundin ausgewählt zu werden.

Inglaterra en la Edad Media. Del paso de los romanos por la isla sólo quedan ruinas, y Arturo y Merlín –amados por unos, odiados por otros– son leyendas del pasado. Entre la bruma todavía habitan ogros, y británicos y sajones conviven en unas tierras yermas, distribuidos en pequeñas aldeas. En una de ellas vive una pareja de ancianos –Axl y Beatrice– que toma la decisión de partir en busca de su hijo.

La prima settimana di libertà dell'irreprensibile maggiordomo inglese Stevens diventa occasione per ripensare la propria vita spesa al servizio di un gentiluomo moralmente discutibile. Stevens ha attraversato l'esistenza spinto da un unico ideale: quello di rispettare una certa tradizione e di difenderla a dispetto degli altri e del tempo.

Kathy, Tommy e Ruth vivono in un collegio, Hailsham, immerso nella campagna inglese. Non hanno genitori, ma non sono neppure orfani, e crescono insieme ai compagni, accuditi da un gruppo di tutori, che si occupano della loro educazione. Fin dalla più tenera età nasce fra i tre bambini una grande amicizia. La loro vita, voluta e programmata da un'autorità superiore nascosta, sarà accompagnata dalla musica dei sentimenti, dall'intimità più calda al distacco più violento.

Steven spielt Saxophon in einer Jazzband, die von Bar zu Bar tingelt und nicht weiter auffällt. Er weiß, dass er richtig gut ist, aber er sieht aus wie ein Loser. Lindy ist der Star der Boulevardpresse, schon etwas älter, Schönheitsoperationen halten sie frisch. Gerade geschieden von Tony Gardner, einem einst berühmten, jetzt verblassten Jazzsänger, ist sie wieder reif fürs Messer. Nachts, auf den verschwiegenen Fluren eines Nobelhotels in Hollywood, träumen die beiden Frischoperierten und Zubandagierten von einem neuen Leben.