In this episode of pplpod, we profile Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born British novelist whose work has uncovered "the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world". From his early days in Nagasaki to receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017, we trace the evolution of a writer who refuses to be confined by genre, blending elements of detective stories, science fiction, and myth.

Join us as we cover:

• The "Imaginary Japan": Born in Nagasaki and moving to Guildford, Surrey at age five, Ishiguro did not return to Japan for nearly 30 years. We discuss how this distance compelled him to build a personal, "imaginary" version of Japan that defined his early masterpieces like A Pale View of Hills and An Artist of the Floating World.
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