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The winner of the 1989 Booker Prize, a haunting evocation of lost causes and lost love, and an elegy for England at a time of acute change, issued into the launch list of "Faber Modern Classics".

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017'Almost certainly a masterpiece.' Anita BrooknerRyder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical - and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be - he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life.Ishiguro's extraordi...

New editions of 3 classic novels from the Booker Prize winning Ishiguro, now with new series look.

It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, 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 li...

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017.'After all what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?'In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and hau...

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. Now, as the world lurches towards total war, Banks realises the time has come for him to return to the city of his childhood and at last solve the mystery - that only by his doing so will c...

The first new novel from Ishiguro in 10 years, now in paperback. The novel begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years, and it is an exploration of lost memories, love, revenge and war. 'The best and most original writer of his generation' Susan Hill, "Mail on Sunday

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The Romans have long since departed and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. But, at least, the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased. Axl and Beatrice, a couple of elderly Britons, decide that now is the time, finally, for them to set off across this troubled land of mist and rain to find the son they have not seen for years, the son they can scarcely remember. They know they will face many hazards-some strange and otherworldly-b...

Der lang erwartete neue Roman des britischen BestsellerautorsBritannien im 5. Jahrhundert: Nach erbitterten Kriegen zwischen den Volksstämmen der Briten und Angelsachsen ist das Land verwüstet. Axl und Beatrice sind seit vielen Jahren ein Paar. In ihrem Dorf gelten sie als Außenseiter, und man gibt ihnen deutlich zu verstehen, dass sie eine Belastung für die Gemeinschaft sind. Also verlassen sie ihre Heimat in der Hoffnung, ihren Sohn zu finde...

Eine Liebeserklärung an die Musik und wie sie es vermag, Menschen zueinander zu führen, Enttäuschungen zu überwinden und menschliche Schwächen zu verzeihen. Ein betörender Erzählzyklus, der auf eindrucksvolle Weise die Schicksale seiner Figuren mit ihrer Liebe zur Musik verknüpft.

Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this volume is intended equally for those studying independently, with a personal tutor, or in class. It covers the context of the novel and its author, detailed examination of themes, characters and structure, a close look the novel in the author's own words, and more.

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The Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Kazuo IshiguroFrom A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers-featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration betw...

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017.It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, 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 mem...

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After all what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?'In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a G...

A story cycle exploring ideas of love, music and the passing of time, from the piazzas of Italy to the floor of an exclusive Hollywood hotel. Was a "Sunday Times" bestseller in HB, while Ishiguro has sold over 2 million copies of his books with Faber. 'The unity of "Nocturnes" is plain. It is a unity of tone - regretful, memory-laden and full of astonishing quality that is made to seem, somehow, routine' Brian Appleyard, "Sunday Times

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017'It was our third time playing the Godfather theme since lunch...'In a sublime short story collection, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the 'hush-hush floor' of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some mo...