Nobel Laureates in Literature

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has celebrated the most distinguished authors from around the world. This collection of study guides features literary works by past and present Nobel prize-winners in literature, including but not limited to Louise Glück, Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro, Alice Munro, and Gabriel García Márquez.

When We Were Orphans

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Publication year 2000

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes The Past, Family

Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Military & War, Asian History, Race & Racism, Colonialism & Postcolonialism, Modern Classic Fiction, World History, Historical Fiction, Chinese Literature

When We Were Orphans is a novel by distinguished Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, originally published in the UK in 2000. Set largely in England and Shanghai of the 1930s, the historical novel is structurally adventurous with elements of detective fiction. The plot deals with the childhood memories and the present detective work of a man in search of his missing parents, while painting a large canvass of the social systems in China and the UK... Read When We Were Orphans Summary

Zaabalawi

by Naguib Mahfouz

Publication year 1961

Genre Short Story, Fiction

Themes Religion & Spirituality, The Past

Tags Symbolic Narrative, Classic Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Colonialism & Postcolonialism, Education, Education

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