This challenge is made more difficult for contemporary writers given the proliferation of popular media and images, which tend to make the examination of the interior lives of people more complicated. It has been suggested elsewhere that the creation of character, especially the examination of consciousness, is the greatest challenge facing novelists. This interview, conducted by Nermeen Shaikh, was held following a discussion with Joan Acocella of The New Yorker at an event organized by the Asia Society in New York. In this conversation, Kazuo Ishiguro discusses a number of the enduring themes in his work. His most recent book, When We Were Orphans (2000), has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of several award-winning novels, including A Pale View of Hills (1982), An Artist of the Floating World (1986), The Remains of the Day (1989), and The Unconsoled (1995).
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