Kazuo Ishiguro's work has touched me for many years. His unreliable narrators have led me to reconsider many of my own formative emotional experiences, and I have always been impressed by his artistry.
"Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro" consists of a series of interviews spanning from 1986-2006, and the interviews are highly engaging. Ishiguro discusses his upbringing, his approach to writing and the themes that fascinate him. Although the interviews were conducted over a period of 20 years, Ishiguro is remarkably consistent in how he comes across as an interviewee: thoughtful and articulate, sensitive and profound.
Reading these interviews has helped me to appreciate Ishiguro's work all the more, and it has helped me to understand the significance of his body of work and how he has evolved as a writer. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the conversations, both on an emotional level as well as on an intellectual level.
"Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro" is part of the wonderful "Literary Conversations Series" published by the University Press of Mississippi. I consider these publications to be a real service to those of us who love literature and culture.