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In the first chapter of this thesis i will approach the concept of memory from a theoretical and general point of view and attempt to map out this extremely broad concept. Set in an increasingly westernized japan following world war ii, an artist of the floating world 1986 chronicles the life. Most significantly, an artist of the floating world, when we were orphans, and never let me go were all shortlisted for the booker prize. Kazuo ishiguro has a very distinctive style of writing which appeals to me. Winner of the winifred holtby prize in 1982, a pale view of the hills is. From the winner of the nobel prize in literature and author of the booker prizewinning novel the remains of the day, here is the story of etsuko.
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