For this special book review, we will discuss three novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017 - "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".

The books to be discussed include:

1. ***The Remains of the Day*,** published in 1989, Booker Prize winner in 1989.
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into the past of Stevens and England, a past that takes in fascism, two world wars, and an unrealized love between the butler and his housekeeper.
2. ***When We Were Orphans*,** published in 2000, Booker Prize winner in 2000.
*When We Were Orphans* is a detective novel about a celebrated London detective named Christopher Banks who returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of his parents' disappearance. The book is a meditation on memory and the possibility of avenging one's past.
3. ***Never Let Me Go***, published in 2005, cited Nobel Prize 2017
*Never Let Me Go* is a science fiction novel about Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy, who were students at an exclusive boarding school in the English countryside. The book explores their shared past and how it will shape their time together.

You may want to read these books in order of publication date to see how they differ by writing style, etc.

An interesting article on the books by Ishiguro:

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/where-to-start-with-kazuo-ishiguro-a-guide-to-his-best-books

If there are some people that want to attend this book discussion but can't make it during the day, I can change the date/time, just let me know.

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