E – Kazuo Ishiguro – Articles and Interviews
A summary of articles about Kazuo Ishiguro and interviews with him. This is not a comprehensive list but will be updated as information becomes available.
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In Books:
No, Not Bloomsbury by Malcolm Bradbury (Andre Deutsch, 1987 ISBN: 0-233-98013-X)
A collection of Bradbury’s critical writings. Includes the chapter “The Floating World” about Ishiguro’s first two novels.
The Brick Reader ed. Spalding & Ondaatje (Coach House Press, 1991 ISBN: 0-889-10384-4)
A collection of writings from the Toronto literary magazine The Brick including ‘Ishiguro in Toronto’ by Suanne Kelman.
More Writers & Company by Eleanor Wachtel (Knopf Canada, 1997 ISBN: 978-0-394-28169-8)
A collection of interviews from the CBC radio programme Writers & Company. Includes an interview with Ishiguro from June 1995.
Kazuo Ishiguro by Cynthia Wong (Northcote, 2000 – 3rd edition 2019 ISBN: 978-1-7869-4189-3)
From the Writers & Their Work series. The third edition covers all of Ishiguro’s works up until The Buried Giant.
Making An Elephant by Graham Swift (Picador, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-330-45101-7)
A collection of short pieces which includes “Buying a Guitar With Ish” followed by a short interview by the author with Kazuo Ishiguro.
Kazuo Ishiguro: Contemporary Critical Perspectives (Continuum, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8264-9724-6)
A collection of critical essays on Ishiguro’s works including his screenplays. The preface is by Haruki Murakami and includes an interview with Ishiguro.
Facticity, Poverty & Clones: On Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go by Brian Willems (Atropos, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9825309-7-9)
A detailed study of Never Let Me Go.
Two-World Literature by Rebecca Suter (University of Hawai’i Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8248-8237-2)
A study of Ishiguro’s early novels.
Novelists in the New Millennium: Conversations with Writers (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-230-23824-4)
Interviews with eight British writers including Kazuo Ishiguro.
Talk Talk : Interviews with Writers by Allan Vorda (TCU Press, 2022 ISBN: 978-0-87565-792-9)
Interviews with 27 writers including one with Kazuo Ishiguro from April 1990.
The Cambridge Companion To Kazuo Ishiguro (Cambridge University Press, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-108-82202-2)
A collection of scholarly essays on Ishiguro. Includes a comprehensive list of critical works.
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In Magazines & Journals:
Books & Bookmen – March 1986
‘Sydenham, Mon Amour’ by Christopher Tookey.
New York Times Magazine – 29 April 1990
‘Between Two Worlds’ by Bill Bryson.
Mississippi Review – Volume 20 Numbers 1&2 (1991)
‘An Interview With Kazuo Ishiguro’ by Allan Vorda & Kim Herzinger.
Sunday Times Magazine – 30 April 1995
‘Bookered! What Kazuo Ishiguro Did Next’ by Brian Appleyard.
Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine – March 2001
Cover story ‘Kazuo Ishiguro: Harmony & Confrontation’ by Dena McDuffie.
Telegraph Magazine 24-05-2003
A photo feature on writers’ rooms, including Ishiguro’s office.
Tatler – March 2005
‘Ish of the Day’ by Geordie Greig.
The Review of Contemporary Fiction – Spring 2005
‘Kazuo Ishiguro’ by Wai-chew Sim.
Areté 17 (2005)
‘Slave Ish: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Fiction’ by Alexander Nurnberg.
The Paris Review #184 (2008)
‘The Art of Fiction No. 196’ by Suzannah Hunnewell.
Sight & Sound – March 2011
‘Remaining Days’ by Henry K Miller and ‘The Art of Letting Go’ by Nick James.
The Daily Telegraph Review – 28 February 2015
Cover story ‘Do You Feel These Emotions Too?’ by Gaby Wood. Also, a pre-publication excerpt from The Buried Giant.
Time Magazine – 9 March 2015
‘The Return of the King’ by Lev Grossman.
The Daily Telegraph Review – 27 February 2021
‘What’s The Plural Of Ishiguro?’ by Claire Allfree.
New York Times Magazine – 28 February 2021
Cover story ‘The Age of Ishiguro’ by Giles Harvey.