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The 'inevitable sadness' of Kazuo Ishiguro's fiction

  • Written by Cynthia F. Wong, Professor of English, University of Colorado Denver
imageBritish novelist Kazuo Ishiguro listens to a question during a press conference at his home in London on Oct. 5, 2017.Alastair Grant/AP Photo

On a damp October day in 2006, I followed Kazuo Ishiguro and my 10-year-old daughter Grace to a back table at a bustling cafe in London for an interview. As Ishiguro answered my questions, he explained how he...

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