2. Read A Pale View of Hills, which concerns the aftermath of the bombing of Nagasaki. Then, using the Internet and the library, research the historical events surrounding the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. Based on your research, how well do you think Ishiguro portrays the aftermath of this important historical event?

3. Much of what Ishiguro does in his writing is try to reconstruct Japan based on his memories of it from when he was no older than six. Try to reconstruct some place you visited as a child, providing as many descriptive details as you can.

4. Ishiguro describes how he thinks his works are viewed differently because he has a ‘‘Japanese name’’ and a ‘‘Japanese face.’’ Read A Pale View of Hills. How do you think your response would be different to this text if Ishiguro did not have a Japanese name or a Japanese face? Do you think any novel depicting a culture is inherently less genuine if it is created by someone from outside the culture? Why or why not?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

Shaffer, Brian W. Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro.

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997.

Periodicals

Gurewich, David. ‘‘Upstairs, Downstairs.’’ New Criterion

(1989). Jaggi, Maya. ‘‘A Buttoned-Up Writer Breaks Loose.’’

Guardian (April 29, 1995). Mason, Gregory. ‘‘An Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro.’’

Contemporary Literature (1989). O’Brien, Susie. ‘‘Serving a New World Order:

Postcolonial Politics in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The

Remains of the Day.’’ Modern Fiction Studies (1996). Oe, Kenzaburo. ‘‘Wave Patterns: A Dialogue.’’ Grand

Street (1991). Rothfork, John. ‘‘Zen Comedy in Postcolonial

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Day.’’ Mosaic (December 2001). Wall, Kathleen. ‘‘The Remains of the Day and Its

Challenges to Theories of Unreliable Narration.’’

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