Kazuo Ishiguro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

By Scott Jaschik. Kazuo Ishiguro this morning was named winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. Ishiguro, the Nobel committee said, "in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world." Ishiguro is best known for his 1989 novel, The Remains of the Day, which was turned into a film starring Anthony Hopkins. The Nobel committee released this summary of Ishiguro's literary works. More...