Kazuo Ishiguro

Muistin eksyttäviä ja upottavia polkuja seuraileva kertomus orvosta pojasta ja hänen suuresta tehtävästään.Kolmekymmenluvun Englannissa Christopher Banks on maan tunnetuimpia rikosetsiviä ja hänen tapauksensa ovat Lontoon seurapiirien puheenaiheina. Näyttää siltä kuin hänen suurin unelmansa olisi käynyt toteen: jo asuessaan poikana Shanghaissa hän leikki toverinsa Akiran kanssa salapoliisia. Mutta onko Christopherin ura sittenkään toiveiden täyttymys? Vai onko se vain yritys paikata säröä hänen elämässään, jonka sai aikaan vanhempien salaperäinen katoaminen Shanghaissa? Maailman ajautuessa kohti suursotaa Christopherista näyttää yhä tärkeämmältä, että katoamistapaus on saatava ratkaistuksi. Niinpä hän palaa Kaukoidän metropoliin, keskelle Kiinan ja Japanin välistä sotaa, suorittamaan tehtäväänsä. Hän tuntee kuitenkin saapuneensa outoon, mielettömään maailmaan, jota vääristää muukin kuin sota. Ja mitä kauemmin hän jatkaa etsintöjään, sitä arvoituksellisemmaksi ja unenomaisemmaksi kaikki käy. Käyttäen hyväkseen rikoskirjallisuuden keinoja Ishiguro luo romaanissaan koskettavan kuvan häiriintyneestä mielestä, ihmisestä joka ei pääse pakoon lapsuuden trauman pitkää varjoa. Ihmisen yksinäisyyttä, hänen orpouttaan, kirjailija kuvaa pakahduttavasti."Ishiguro on sukupolvensa paras ja omaperäisin romaanikirjailija, eikä Me orvot voisi olla kenenkään muun kirjoittama Se jää lähtemättömästi mieleen. Se liikuttaa kyyneliin." Mail on Sunday "Palkinto myönnetään Kazuo Ishigurolle, joka tunnevoimaisissa teoksissaan paljastaa kuilun sen illuusion takana, että voimme täysin ymmärtää tätä maailmaa." Nobel-lautakunnan perustelut

In one of the most acclaimed and original novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give . . .On first publication in 1995, The Unconsoled was met in some quarters with bewilderment and vilification, in others with the highest praise. One commentator asked, 'Has Ishiguro gone for greatness or has he gone mad?' Over the years, this uniquely strange and extraordinary novel about a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control has come to be seen by many as being the key work and a turning point in his career.'A masterpiece. It is above all a book devoted to the human heart.' Rachel Cusk, The Times'The most original and remarkable book he has so far produced.' New York Times Book Review'One of the strangest books in memory.' TLS'I've never read a book like it. I think it is a masterpiece.' John Carey, The Late Show

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*Shortlisted for the Booker PrizeEngland, 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.'You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.' John Carey, Sunday Times'Ishiguro is the best and most original novelist of his generation and When We Were Orphans could be by no other writer. It haunts the mind. It moves to tears.' Susan Hill, Mail on Sunday'Discloses a writer not only near the height of his powers but in a league all of his own.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEA contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past. 'A triumph . . . This wholly convincing portrait of a human life unweaving before your eyes is inventive and absorbing, by turns funny, absurd and ultimately very moving.' Sunday Times'A dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and heart-rending study of personality, class and culture.' New York TImes Book Review

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy 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 moment of reckoning. Gentle, intimate and witty, this quintet is marked by a haunting theme - the struggle to keep alive a sense of life's romance, even as one gets older, relationships founder and youthful hopes recede.'Each of these stories is heartbreaking in its own way, but some have moments of great comedy, and they all require a level of attention that, typically, Ishiguro's writing rewards.' Observer '[They] come up on you quietly, but then haunt you for days . These little pieces could only be the work of a great composer.' Evening Standard'A fine and moving collection of stories, displaying his unique combination of the sad, the stoic and the consoling. It's about failure, but it dignifies failure, and with it, the human condition.' Margaret Drabble, Guardian

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day comes this stunning work of soaring imagination. Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, Banks was orphaned at the age of nine after the separate disappearances of his parents. Now, more than twenty years later, he is a celebrated figure in London society; yet the investigative expertise that has garnered him fame has done little to illuminate the circumstances of his parents' alleged kidnappings. Banks travels to the seething, labyrinthine city of his memory in hopes of solving the mystery of his own, painful past, only to find that war is ravaging Shanghai beyond recognition-and that his own recollections are proving as difficult to trust as the people around him. Masterful, suspenseful and psychologically acute, When We Were Orphans offers a profound meditation on the shifting quality of memory, and the possibility of avenging one's past.

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...

Ishiguron häikäisevä uutuus kysyy mitä on rakkaus, mitä ihmisyys. Lähitulevaisuuteen sijoittuva, ajatuksia herättävä Klara ja aurinko on kuin sisarteos suositulle Ole luonani aina -romaanille. Klara on keinotekoinen ystävä, älykäs robotti, joka on olemassa auttaakseen ja tukeakseen nuoria vaikeaksi muuttuneessa maailmassa. Se odottaa tulevaa omistajaansa kärsivällisesti näyteikkunassa ja tarkkailee ohi kulkevia ihmisiä oppiakseen heistä lisää. Kun Klara lopulta ostetaan tulevaan kotiinsa, se paneutuu auliisti rooliinsa, mutta ihmisyyden polut ovat mutkikkaat, eikä inhimillisiä motiiveja ole helppo tulkita. Kaikista julmimmaksi ja kirkkaimmaksi osoittautuu kuitenkin rakkaus.

'Exquisite.' Red Mag 'Full of yearning, melancholy and the romance of travel.' Irish Times 'Beautiful.' Independent A unique collaborative publication which documents the lyrics written by Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro for the platinum selling, Grammy nominated, Jazz singer Stacey Kent. A collection of all the song lyrics Kazuo Ishiguro has written to date for the renowned American jazz singer, Stacey Kent, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain is also an inspiring ode to collaboration.

Nobelistin haikean kauniita novelleja Yösoitoissa Ishiguro luo maailman, joka värähtee tunnetta,¨sydänsuruja ja huumoria. Yösoittoja on haikean hauska kokoelma, jossa viisi tarinaa rakkaudesta, musiikista ja ajan kulumisesta kietoutuu yhteen. Henkilögalleriaan kuuluvat nuoret unelmoijat, italialaisten piazzojen kahvilamuusikot ja eilispäivän tähdet, joiden kaikkien elämässä on koittanut totuuden hetki. Yhteistä tarinoissa on musiikki, joka soi tunteiden ja jännitteiden taustalla.

In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. This is a story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY'Masterly.' Sunday Times'A brilliantly executed book by a master craftsman.' MARGARET ATWOOD'A page-turner and a heartbreaker, a tour de force of knotted tension and buried anguish.' TIME**Complete with a brand new introduction from the Nobel Prize-winning author.**A beautiful anniversary edition to mark twenty years of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, in which he imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of 1990s England.Narrated by Kathy H, as she tries to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, it is a story of love, friendship and memory, charged throughout with a sense of life's fragility.Readers adore Never Let Me Go: 'A masterpiece . . . a beautifully written, skilfully crafted story that reveals what lies in the core of the human heart.''Touches the depths of your intellect and your soul.''A genuinely moving illustration of an aspect of human nature that we usually like to ignore.''I guarantee it will move you and probably bring you close to tears.' 'A masterful read: gripping, thought-provoking, and immensely sad . . . I have found myself thinking about it for days.''Undoubtedly a modern classic that spans genres.''I read it in a day and I am certain it will stay with me for years.'

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY'Masterly.' Sunday Times'A brilliantly executed book by a master craftsman.' MARGARET ATWOOD'A page-turner and a heartbreaker, a tour de force of knotted tension and buried anguish.' TIME**Complete with a brand new introduction from the Nobel Prize-winning author.**A beautiful anniversary edition to mark twenty years of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, in which he imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of 1990s England.Narrated by Kathy H, as she tries to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, it is a story of love, friendship and memory, charged throughout with a sense of life's fragility.Readers adore Never Let Me Go: 'A masterpiece . . . a beautifully written, skilfully crafted story that reveals what lies in the core of the human heart.''Touches the depths of your intellect and your soul.''A genuinely moving illustration of an aspect of human nature that we usually like to ignore.''I guarantee it will move you and probably bring you close to tears.' 'A masterful read: gripping, thought-provoking, and immensely sad . . . I have found myself thinking about it for days.''Undoubtedly a modern classic that spans genres.''I read it in a day and I am certain it will stay with me for years.'

A unique collaborative publication which documents the lyrics written by Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro for the platinum selling, Grammy nominated, Jazz singer Stacey Kent.The Summer We crossed Europe in the Rain collects the sixteen song lyrics written to date by Kazuo Ishiguro for the renowned American jazz singer, Stacey Kent, and which have been set to music by composer/bandleader Jim Tomlinson. As the Nobel Prize-winning author explains in his introduction, he has been steadfastly following his remit, that 'however sad, however bleak the song became, there had to remain an element of hope'. The resulting lyrics are infused with yearning and the bittersweet romance of travel.This volume has been gorgeously illustrated by acclaimed Italian comics artist Bianca Bagnarelli, who captures perfectly the varying moods, as well as the 'stories', contained in these songs.

As children, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy attended an exclusive boarding-school in the English countryside. Idyllic in some ways yet vaguely sinister, 'Hailsham' was a place of intense friendships, mysterious rules, and 'guardians' who constantly reminded the students how special they were. Now thirty-one, Kathy looks back on their shared past and tells how she and her friends gradually came to understand the shocking reason for the careful nurturing they had received. An affecting meditation on friendship, love and mortality.

En gatumusikant i Venedig råkar få syn på en av sina gamla idoler, en sångare vars karriär nu är på nedgång; en begåvad men okänd jazzmusiker och en firad sångerska möts under en sjukhusvistelse och mellan dem uppstår en lika trevande som osannolik bekantskap. En ung musiker stöter ihop och blir bekant med ett äldre par som turnerat Europa runt i vad som åtminstone på ytan verkar vara en perfekt tillvaro.Nocturner är fem fristående berättelser som tillsammans formar en helhet. Med lyhörd känslighet och virtuos skärpa skildras här ett antal möten – och avsked – som alla på något sätt har med musik att göra. Det är ytterst få författare förunnat att på samma sätt som Ishiguro, på ett till synes enkelt men samtidigt mycket komplext sätt, kunna frambesvärja de allra finaste nyanserna i mänskliga relationer.

From the Nobel laureate and author of Klara and the Sun, a beautiful hardcover edition of one of his most acclaimed novels: a deeply moving and stunningly original love story with a startling twist One of The New York Times's 10 Best Books of the 21st Century As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were. Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time she is beginning to look back at their shared past and understand just what it is that makes them special--and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.