Kazuo Ishiguro

7 summariesLiterary Fiction, Science Fiction, Romance

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and praised contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".

Books by Kazuo Ishiguro

7 books available

Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.8 (471k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Three friends raised in a secluded boarding school uncover the truth about their existence and face their predetermined purpose as organ donors, finding bittersweet comfort in their memories and bond.
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
4.1 (200k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
An aging English butler travels through the 1950s countryside, reflecting on a life of professional devotion and the regrets of emotional repression.
The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.5 (73k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In a land of memory-stealing mist, an old couple journeys through post-Arthurian Britain to find their forgotten son, facing truths about love, war, and revenge.
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.5 (28k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A London detective returns to war-torn Shanghai, only to find his childhood memories of his parents' disappearance are as unreliable as the city itself.
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.8 (23k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
An aging Japanese artist, once celebrated for propagandist work during the war, confronts his complicity and the unraveling of his legacy as he navigates a post-war society eager to forget its past.
A Pale View of Hills
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.8 (20k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
After her daughter's suicide, a Japanese woman in England remembers a summer in post-bomb Nagasaki, where a mysterious friendship and unspoken grief confuse truth and regret.
The Unconsoled
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.5 (11k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A famous pianist arrives in a strange European city, unable to remember his concert or his past, as reality shifts around him, revealing a life spiraling out of control.