Two-World Literature: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Early Novels 9780824883256

In this convincing and provocative study, Rebecca Suter aims to complicate our understanding of world literature by exam

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English Pages 158 [160] Year 2020

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1. A Two-World Author
CHAPTER 2. Across and Beyond Cultures
CHAPTER 3. Memory Can Be an Unreliable Thing
CHAPTER 4. Appearance and Pretense
CHAPTER 5. The Butler Did It
Conclusion. A Two-World Literature
Notes
Works Cited
Index
About the Author

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