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I is for...Kazuo Ishiguro

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I'll admit that it was much more difficult to find an author to represent the letter I for today's entry, but I did it!  Today is about:  Kazuo Ishiguro. Kazuo Ishiguro (1954-) I haven't read much by Ishiguro, but what I have read has been fantastic.  If you're looking for a great contemporary fiction writer, look no further.  Having been recognized as a stand out British author and nominated multiple times for the Man Booker Prize , winning for The Remains of the Day in 1989, Ishiguro sets his novels in the identifiable past while allowing his characters to reveal their many flaws through first-person narratives.  This allows for the reader to really feel for the characters as people and not just figures in a novel.  One thing that might irk some readers is the penchant for Ishiguro to leave his novels unresolved.  However, this only adds to the "realness" he infuses throughout his works; life is never wrapped up in a nice, neat package,...