Contemporary asian novel

Contemporary critical discourse claims the absence of national identity, rootedness and regionalism. The novels of Kazuo Ishiguro’ sworks have carved out a distinctive identity in British literature. They negotiate the problems of personal memory within the historical contexts of multiethnic societies. We are urged to compare cultures and come to understand the psychological and social hybridity. The exilic self fashioning in his works supports the argument. The novels also give us glimpses of the various forms migrant encounters can take. Ishiguro's bilingual international background helps to explore new Diasporas. The austerity of style is often mirrored in the restraint and self-containment of the characters. His characters never follow through on passion for the sense of duty. Obliqueness is combined with subjectivity in his narrators. We come across his eastern attitude in his English.