New Releases by Kazuo Ishiguro

Der berühmte Pianist Ryder ist auf Konzertreise. Bei seiner Ankunft im Hotel möchte er sich am liebsten sofort zurückziehen, wird aber vom Hotelpagen in Beschlag genommen, der ihn um einen ungewöhnlich persönlichen Gefallen bittet. Ryder sagt zu und macht daraufhin eine ganze Reihe sonderbarer Bekanntschaften, die ihn in tiefe Verwirrung stürzen, lauter Ungetröstete, die sich von dem Künstler Hilfe oder gar Erlösung erhoffen. Ryder versucht, auf jeden Einzelnen einzugehen und merkt zu spät, dass er sich dabei selbst immer mehr abhanden kommt.

Ein großer Sportplatz, freundliche Klassenzimmer und getrennte Schlafsäle für Jungen und Mädchen – auf den ersten Blick scheint Hailsham ein ganz gewöhnliches englisches Internat zu sein. Aber die Lehrer, so engagiert und freundlich sie auch sind, heißen hier Aufseher, und sie lassen die Kinder früh spüren, dass sie für eine besondere Zukunft ausersehen sind. Dieses Gefühl hält Kathy, Ruth und Tommy durch alle Stürme der Pubertät und Verwirrungen der Liebe zusammen – bis es an der Zeit ist, ihrer wahren Bestimmung zu folgen.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?

In his highly-acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. Retreating into the past, she finds herself reliving one particular hot summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the war. But then as she recalls her strange friendship with Sachiko a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy the memories take on a disturbing cast.

The Nobel Lecture in Literature, delivered by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans) at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 7, 2017, in an elegant, clothbound edition. In their announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy recognized the emotional force of Kazuo Ishiguro’s fiction and his mastery at uncovering our illusory sense of connection with the world. In the eloquent and candid lecture he delivered upon accepting the award, Ishiguro reflects on the way he was shaped by his upbringing, and on the turning points in his career—“small scruffy moments . . . quiet, private sparks of revelation”—that made him the writer he is today. With the same generous humanity that has graced his novels, Ishiguro here looks beyond himself, to the world that new generations of writers are taking on, and what it will mean—what it will demand of us—to make certain that literature remains not just alive, but essential. An enduring work on writing and becoming a writer, by one of the most accomplished novelists of our generation.

In celebration of Kazuo Ishiguro winning the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature: a special gift hardback edition of his 1989 Booker Prize-winning novel.

Kazuo Ishiguro er modtager af Nobelprisen i litteratur 2017. En sommerdag i 1956 tager Stevens, en ældre, men formfuldendt engelsk butler, af sted på en af sit livs sjældne ferier, en biltur gennem Vestengland. Men hans rejsestemning bliver hele tiden forstyrret af minder om gamle dage på godset Darlington Hall, om herskabet dér og om hans venskab med kollegaen Miss Kenton. For første gang nogen sinde sker det, at Stevens kommer til at tænke på, om han har handlet rigtigt ved at gøre og mene og sige, som han fik besked på. Det var f.eks. det med herskabets politiske engagement i trediverne. Og hvordan har han egentlig selv virket på sine omgivelser. Romanen er filmatiseret med Anthony Hopkins og Emma Thompson i hovedrollerne.

''Een kunstenaar van het vlietende leven'' van Kazuo Ishiguro speelt in oktober 1948. Japan heeft de oorlog verloren. De Amerikanen hebben Japan bezet en gedragsnormen zijn radicaal veranderd. De jeugd noemt hen die Japan tot de afgrond hebben gebracht verraders. Sommigen van hen plegen zelfmoord om boete te doen. Masuji Ono is een invloedrijk kunstenaar geweest. Zijn vrouw en zoon zijn in de oorlog omgekomen. De oude schilder heeft zijn schilderijen weggezet. Hij vertelt in dit boek vergoelijkend over zijn jeugdig idealisme, over zijn leermeesters en leerlingen; over zijn aandeel in de oorlog toen hij zich leende voor propagandistische doeleinden waardoor veel jonge mannen de dood in werden gejaagd. Kazuo Ishiguro is een van de meest bekroonde en gelauwerde auteurs uit het Engels taalgebied. In 2017 werd zijn oeuvre bekroond met de Nobelprijs voor de Literatuur. ''In romans met een grote emotionele zeggingskracht legt Ishiguro onze wankele verbintenis met de wereld bloot.'' – Nobelprijscomité 2017

The fifth novel "When We Were Orphans" by the Japanese Nobel Prize-winning British writer Kazuo Ishiguro throws the harsh reality of Shanghai occupied by Japanese forces on the eve of World War II. Shanghai is also the childhood city of Christopher Banks, where both of his parents have disappeared: a mother who openly criticized the devastating British opium business in China, and a father who worked for a large opium business. In 1937, the detective returns to Shanghai to begin the search for missing parents. As is often the case with Ishiguro, the reader soon notices that Banks is not a very reliable narrator - the boundaries between the chaos in his inner world and the confusion around him tend to blur. The protagonist arrives at a painful end in Shanghai''s burning poor quarters, which are more like a nightmare. One of the pervasive themes of Ishiguro''s work is the secrets cut out of life or buried deep in life, brought to light by accidental yet inevitable contact with the pain points of another life. From an aerial point of view, the novel is reminiscent of a safe classic crime novel, while at the same time suggesting the irony and bitterness lurking beneath the surface.

Inglaterra en la Edad Media. Del paso de los romanos por la isla sólo quedan ruinas, y Arturo y Merlín –amados por unos, odiados por otros– son leyendas del pasado. Entre la bruma todavía habitan ogros, y británicos y sajones conviven en unas tierras yermas, distribuidos en pequeñas aldeas. En una de ellas vive una pareja de ancianos –Axl y Beatrice– que toma la decisión de partir en busca de su hijo. Éste se marchó hace mucho tiempo, aunque las circunstancias concretas de esa partida no las recuerdan, porque ellos, como el resto de habitantes de la región, han perdido buena parte de la memoria debido a lo que llaman «la niebla». En su periplo se encontrarán con un guerrero sajón llamado Wistan; un joven que lleva una herida que lo estigmatiza; y un anciano Sir Gawain, el último caballero de Arturo vivo, que vaga con su caballo por esas tierras con el encargo, según cuenta, de acabar con un dragón hembra que habita en las montañas. Juntos se enfrentarán a los peligros del viaje, a los soldados de Lord Brennus, a unos monjes que practican extraños ritos de expiación y a presencias mucho menos terrenales. Pero cada uno de estos viajeros lleva consigo secretos, culpas pendientes de redención y, en algún caso, una misión atroz que cumplir. Sumando el viaje iniciático, la fábula y la épica, Kazuo Ishiguro ha construido una narración bellísima, que indaga en la memoria y el olvido acaso necesario, en los fantasmas del pasado, en el odio larvado, la sangre y la traición con los que se forjan las patrias y a veces la paz. Pero habla también del amor perdurable, de la vejez y de la muerte. Una novela ambientada en un pasado remoto y legendario que vuelve sobre los grandes y eternos temas que inquietan a los seres humanos.

Kazuo Ishiguros roman Den begravede kæmpe handler om et aldrende ægtepar, der i tiden efter Kong Arthurs død sætter ud på en lang rejse til fods for at opsøge deres søn, som de ikke har set længe, men undervejs ændrer rejsens mål sig og bliver i lige så høj grad en rejse for at afdække grunden til den mystiske tåge, der hærger landet. Det er en både grusom og bevægende historie om hukommelsestab, kærlig, hævn og krig.

« Ishiguro excelle à créer un univers, à instaurer des climats que l’on n’oublie pas. » Lire Le livre : Axl et Beatrice vivent un amour constant qui a résisté aux années. Ils décident de faire un voyage pour rejoindre leur fils, parti depuis longtemps. De nombreux obstacles se dressent sur leur chemin, parfois étranges, parfois terrifiants, et mettent leur amour à l’épreuve. Leur parcours est une métaphore de nos vies à tous. Dix ans après Auprès de moi toujours, Kazuo Ishiguro revisite, dans Le Géant enfoui, les thèmes shakespeariens qui traversent son œuvre : la mémoire et l’oubli, la confiance et la haine, la vengeance et la justice. L’histoire d’Axl et Beatrice, une allégorie du monde moderne, est d’ores et déjà un monument de la littérature. L’auteur : Kazuo Ishiguro, né à Nagasaki, est arrivé en Grande-Bretagne à l’âge de cinq ans. Décrit par le New York Times comme « un génie original et remarquable », il est l’auteur de sept romans : Lumière pâle sur les collines, Un artiste du monde flottant (Whitbread Award), Les Vestiges du jour (Booker Prize), L’Inconsolé, Quand nous étions orphelins, Auprès de moi toujours, Le Géant enfoui et un recueil de nouvelles : Nocturnes. Tous ses ouvrages sont traduits dans plus de quarante langues. En 1995, Kazuo Ishiguro a été décoré de l’Ordre de l’Empire britannique pour services rendus à la littérature et, en 1998, la France l’a fait chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Deux de ses livres ont été adaptés au cinéma : Les Vestiges du jour, avec Emma Thompson et Anthony Hopkins, et, plus récemment, Auprès de moi toujours, avec Carey Mulligan et Keira Knightley. Les droits cinématographiques de son dernier roman, Le Géant enfoui, ont été vendus à Hollywood. Kazuo Ishiguro vit à Londres avec son épouse.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory. In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And, because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him. As they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share. By turns savage, suspenseful, and intensely moving, The Buried Giant is a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory.

In ''De rest van de dag'' van Nobelprijswinnaar Kazuo Ishiguro kijkt Mr. Stevens, een ouder wordende Engelse butler, terug op de tijd dat hij in dienst was van lord Darlington, in de jaren dertig en veertig. Zijn leven lang heeft hij zijn waardigheid afgemeten aan die van zijn werkgever, maar achteraf blijkt dat hij de ware aard van de gebeurtenissen verkeerd heeft ingeschat. ''De rest van de dag'' werd bekroond met de Booker Prize en werd verfilmd met Anthony Hopkins en Emma Thompson in de hoofdrollen. Kazuo Ishiguro is een van de meest bekroonde en gelauwerde auteurs uit het Engels taalgebied. In 2017 werd zijn oeuvre bekroond met de Nobelprijs voor de Literatuur. ''In romans met een grote emotionele zeggingskracht legt Ishiguro onze wankele verbintenis met de wereld bloot.'' – Nobelprijscomité 2017

From the universally acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day comes a mesmerizing novel of completely unexpected mood and matter--a seamless, fictional universe, both wholly unrecognizable and familiar. When the public, day-to-day reality of a renowned pianist takes on a life of its own, he finds himself traversing landscapes that are by turns eerie, comical, and strangely malleable.

Hailsham aparenta ser un agradable internado inglés, lejos de las influencias de la gran ciudad. La escuela se ocupa bien de sus estudiantes, enseñándoles arte y literatura y todo lo necesario para que se conviertan en el tipo de persona que la sociedad espera. Pero, curiosamente, en Hailsham no se enseña nada sobre el mundo exterior, un mundo con el que casi todo contacto está prohibido. Dentro de Hailsham, Kathy y sus amigos Ruth y Tommy crecen indiferentes ante el resto del mundo, pero será solamente cuando finalmente dejen la seguridad de la escuela que se darán cuenta de lo que Hailsham en realidad esconde. Nunca me abandones rompe con los limites de la novela literaria. Es un misterio conmovedor, una hermosa historia de amor, una crítica mordaz de la arrogancia humana y también una investigación moral de cómo tratamos a la gente más vulnerable en nuestra sociedad. En su exploración del tema de la memoria y el impacto del pasado en un posible futuro, Ishiguro ha creado su libro más conmovedor hasta la fecha.

La Kathy, la Ruth i en Tommy eren alumnes de Hailsham, una idíl·lica institució docent situada en ple camp anglès. Els estudiants hi vivien escrupulosament protegits del món de fora, i se''ls educava en el convenciment que eren especials, i que la seva integritat física era fonamental. Però, ¿per què hi eren, en realitat?Passaran molts anys abans que la Kathy, als seus trenta-un anys, es decideixi finalment a reviure el passat. El resultat és el captivador relat de com la Kathy, la Ruth i en Tommy, amants, amics i companys, van descobrint la veritat sobre la seva infància aparentment feliç...i sobre el seu futur.

" Arrêtez-vous, ne serait-ce qu''une seconde, et laissez parler quelqu''un d''autre, quelqu''un qui vient de l''extérieur, qui n''appartient pas à ce petit monde fermé où vous semblez tous si contents de demeurer ! Est-il étonnant, est-il le moins du monde étonnant que dans cette petite ville, la vôtre, vous ayez autant de problèmes ? Que vous soyez si nombreux à être malheureux et aigris ? Est-ce que c''est une surprise ?.. Non ! Absolument pas ! " Dans une petite ville d''Europe centrale, la visite du célèbre pianiste Ryder est une aubaine. Chacun le sollicite, lui demande de l''aide pour résoudre ses problèmes domestiques. Mais cette ville est-elle véritablement inconnue de Ryder ? Et les étonnants personnages qu''il croise, de Sophie à l''ancien chef d''orchestre Brodsky en passant par le porteur de bagages Gustav, seraient-ils plus proches du narrateur qu''il n''y paraît ? Kazuo Ishiguro nous offre un roman foisonnant et ambitieux, réflexion drolatique sur la mémoire et le réel.

*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

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available* WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE A 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

Nineteen interviews conducted over the past two decades on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond with the author of the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day

Ryder, un famoso pianista, llega a una ciudad de provincias en algún lugar de Europa central. Sus habitantes adoran la música y creen haber descubierto que quienes antes satisfacían esta pasión eran impostores. Ryder es recibido como el salvador y en un concierto apoteósico, para el que todos se están preparando, deberá reconducirlos por el camino del arte y la verdad. Pero el pianista descubrirá muy pronto que de un salvador siempre se espera mucho más de lo que puede dar y que los habitantes de aquella ciudad esconden oscuras culpas, antiguas heridas jamás cerradas, y también demandas insaciables. "Los inconsolables" es una obra inclasificable, enigmática, de un discurrir fascinante, colmada de pequeñas narraciones que se adentran en el laberinto de la narración principal, en una escritura onírica y naturalista a un tiempo, y cuentan una historia de guerras del pasado, exilios y crueldades, relaciones imposibles entre padres e hijos, maridos y mujeres, ciudades y artistas. Una obra que ha hecho evocar "El hombre sin atributos" de Musil.

Una struggente storia d''amore, una passione unica e inscindibile, sullo sfondo di un mondo in cui alcuni esseri umani vengono clonati per diventare donatori di organi. Kazuo Ishiguro è stato spesso elogiato per la sua capacità di ampliare le possibilità della finzione. In ''Non lasciarmi'' - sicuramente uno dei suoi migliori romanzi dai tempi di ''Quel che resta del giorno'' - racconta una straordinaria storia d''amore, fatta di smarrimenti e celate verità. Kathy, Ruth e Tommy sono cresciuti a Hailsham, un collegio immerso nella campagna della provincia inglese. Sono stati educati amorevolmente, protetti dal mondo esterno e convinti di essere speciali. Ma qual è, di fatto, il motivo per cui sono lí? E cosa li aspetta oltre il muro di Hailsham? Solo molti anni piú tardi, Kathy, ora una donna di trentuno anni, si permette di cedere agli appelli della memoria. Quello che segue è l''indimenticabile e perturbante storia di come Kathy, Ruth e Tommy si avvicinino poco a poco alla verità della loro infanzia apparentemente felice, e al futuro cui sono destinati. Un romanzo intenso e commovente, attraversato da una singolare percezione della fragilità della vita umana. Nelle pagine, mentre si svelano occulte verità, s''addensa prepotente il ritratto intimo ed emozionale dei protagonisti.

Elevés à Hailsham, une école anglaise idyllique où les enfants sont protégés du monde extérieur, Kath, Ruth et Tommy ont été éduqués dans la conviction que leur bien-être personnel était essentiel, non seulement pour eux-mêmes, mais également pour la société au sein de laquelle ils auraient un jour à prendre leur place. Bien des années plus tard, Kath s''interroge sur le sens de leur éducation.

A masterful novel from one of the most admired writers of our time. Christopher Banks, an English boy born in early-20th-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when both his mother and father disappear under suspicious circumstances. He grows up to become a renowned detective, and more than 20 years later, returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of the disappearances. Within the layers of the narrative told in Christopher's precise, slightly detached voice are revealed what he can't, or wont, see: that the simplest desires—a child's for his parents, a man's for understanding—may give rise to the most complicated truths. A feat of narrative skill and soaring imagination, When We Were Orphans is Kazuo Ishiguro at his brilliant best. Performed by John Lee

A reunion with two childhood friends draws Kathy and her companions on a nostalgic odyssey into their lives at Hailsham, an isolated private school in the English countryside, and a confrontation with the truth about their childhoods.

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.

This is the story of an artist as an aging man, struggling through the wreckage of Japan's World War II experience. Ishiguro's first novel. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.