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Books by Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go
- Hardcover, 288 pages
The Remains of the Day
- Paperback, 245 pages
NPR stories about Kazuo Ishiguro
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Uptight Is All Right: 3 Books For Finicky Folks
October 12, 2011 It's fall, and the mood has turned from silly to serious. In keeping with the buttoned-up season, author Martha Southgate lists her favorite books full of fastidious fellows. They might be fussy, but she knows deep down, they're a whole lot of fun.
New In Paperback
New In Paperback, Sept. 20-26
September 22, 2010 Music infuses veteran novelist Kazuo Ishiguro's first collection of short stories and award-winning author Connie Willis views London's Blitz during WWII from the distant future while Alain de Botton watches the world pass by at Heathrow Airport — and more.
Book Reviews
Books 2005: Maureen Corrigan's Favorites
December 22, 2005 Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan lists her favorite books of 2005, including novels by Mary Gaitskill and Kazuo Ishiguro, and memoirs by Joan Didion and J.R. Moehringer.
'Day to Day': Summer 2005 Reading List
July 6, 2005 Day to Day book editor Karen Grigsby Bates bolsters her on-air summer reading recommendations with this extended list.
Interviews
Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Never Let Me Go'
May 4, 2005 Ishiguro, born in Great Britain, is a master of the very English genre of quiet desperation. Never Let Me Go, is a deceptively simple tale set in a bucolic private school that eventually reveals its horrible secret.
More Books
Author Interviews
A Portrait Of The Cartoonist And Her Mother
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel has a new memoir about her complicated relationship with her mother.
Author Interviews
A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.
