contemporary literature
Kazuo Ishiguro
Alice Walker
British Muslim Fictions
New Critical Visions of the Novels
2nd edition
Interviews with Contemporary Writers
Edited by Sebastian Groes, Roehampton University, UK and Barry Lewis, University of Sunderland, UK
This edited collection of insightful critical essays brings together a wide range of academics whose work stages a forum exploring the key aspects of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels. Featuring an interview with Ishiguro, this groundbreaking book is ideal for anyone studying the work of this major contemporary author. Contents: Preface; B.Shaffer / Introduction: ‘It’s Good Manners Really’: Kazuo Ishiguro and the Ethic of Empathy; S.Groes & B.Lewis / PART I: CRITICAL OVERVIEWS / Contributors: P.Waugh, V.Sage, M.Shibata & K.Stamirowska / PART II: THE EARLY ‘JAPANESE’ WORKS / Contributors: M.Sugano, C.Bennett / PART III: THE REMAINS OF THE DAY / Contributors: M.Hammond, L.Cooper & C.Berberich / PART IV: THE UNCONSOLED / Contributors: J.Baxter, G.Smyth & T.Jarvis / PART V: WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS / Contributors: C.Ringrose & A.Webley / PART VI: NEVER LET ME GO / Contributors: B.Lewis, S.Groes, L.Lochner & A.Sawyer / The New Seriousness: Kazuo Ishiguro in Conversation with Sebastian Groes / Bibliography / Index September 2011 312pp Hardback £60.00 Paperback £19.99
Claire Chambers, Senior Lecturer in English, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Maria Lauret, Reader in American Studies, University of Sussex, UK
When it was first published, Lauret’s text was one of the first booklength studies of Alice Walker’s prose to appear in Britain. This edition has been revised in the light of the latest scholarship and brings coverage of the full range of Walker’s work up-to-date with the author’s literary production, activism and life-events since 2000. Contents: Acknowledgements / Foreword to the Second Edition: Alice Walker Ten Years Later / Alice Walker’s Life and Work: An Introduction / The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970) / Meridian (1976) / The Color Purple (1982) / The Temple of My Familiar (1989) / Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992) / By the Light of My Father’s Smile (1998) and Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart (2004) / A Writer’s Activism - and its Critics: An Epilogue / Notes / Select Bibliography / Index February 2011 Hardback Paperback
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‘Claire Chambers... is fast distinguishing herself as an expert on contemporary South Asian and Muslim writing in Britain...the book reveals itself as a treasure chest of experiences and anecdotes in the form of deceptively casual conversation and correspondence with a group of writers who are eminently diverse but still unified by their connections to both Islam and the United Kingdom.’ - Bina Shah, The Friday Times Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers’ work, literary techniques, and influences, and on their views of such issues as the hijab, the war on terror and the Rushdie Affair. Contents: Acknowledgements / Introduction / Tariq Ali / Fadia Faqir / Aamer Hussein / Leila Aboulela / Abdulrazak Gurnah / Nadeem Aslam / Tahmima Anam / Mohsin Hamid / Robin Yassin-Kassab / Kamila Shamsie / Hanif Kureishi / Ahdaf Soueif / Zahid Hussain / Conclusion / Endnotes / Bibliography / Index March 2012 360pp 13 b/w photographs Hardback £55.00 Paperback £18.99
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