Abstract
Novels by the Nobel Prize winner in literature 2017 K. Ishiguro are analyzed chronologically, from the first novel A Pale View of Hills (1982) to the latest one The Buried Giant (2015). As the article shows, the author, who represents two cultural traditions, the Japanese and the British ones, reflects this quality in his works. The writer himself states that his works were mainly formed by the European literary tradition and, consequently, his novel The Remains of the Day has become a concentrated study of Englishness, one of the most vivid in contemporary British literature. Experimenting with traditional literary forms, Ishiguro uses the stream-of-conscience technique, elements of science fiction, fantasy, detective genres, but each of his novels is unique and is characterized by deep overtones. Some constant elements of the writer’s works are discussed: unreliable narrators, the opposition of memory and history, the special role of children and of old people in his novels, the significant role of periods before and after historic events that are omitted in his novels, and recognizable language and style – compact, reserved and precise.
Highlights
The writer himself states that his works were mainly formed by the European literary tradition
his novel The Remains of the Day has become a concentrated study of Englishness
after historic events that are omitted in his novels
Summary
Послевоенный Нагасаки, переживший страшный ядерный взрыв, будет описан в первом же его романе — более того, можно утверждать, что он является частью семейной истории Исигуро, поскольку мать писателя, которая жива и сегодня, была среди тех, кто сумел пережить ядерную катастрофу. Наряду с несколькими рассказами два первых романа Исигуро можно назвать его японскими произведениями — их действие полностью, как в романе «Художник зыбкого мира», или частично, как в романе «Там, где в дымке холмы», происходит в Японии, и практически все герои этих произведений — японцы.
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