Commitment Ingrained in Loss: Subjugation, Dislocation and Trauma in the Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro
Language: English
Published by Black Eagle Books, 2026
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- Title
- Commitment Ingrained in Loss: Subjugation, Dislocation and Trauma in the Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro
- Author
- Dash, Sidharth Tanmoy; Meher, Gurudev
- Publisher
- Black Eagle Books
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1645608360
- ISBN 13
- 9781645608363
Commitment Ingrained in Loss: Subjugation, Dislocation and Trauma in the Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro offers a profound exploration of memory, trauma, identity, and displacement in Ishiguro's fiction. Through close readings of A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, The Buried Giant, When We Were Orphans, and The Unconsoled, this study reveals how unreliable narrators, fractured recollections, and silences expose the ethical ambiguities of history and selfhood. Drawing on psychoanalysis, trauma theory, postcolonial critique, and feminist thought, it examines how Ishiguro's restrained voices grapple with grief, repression, and estrangement. Positioning him as a novelist of quiet radicalism, the book affirms that remembering-however painful-is essential to confronting complicity, sustaining identity, and imagining reconciliation in a world scarred by loss.
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About the Author
Dr. Gurudev Meher, a distinguished translator and academic, is an Associate Professor in the PG Department of English at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha. With over fifteen years in academia, he excels in postcolonial criticism, diaspora studies, and translation, with research published in prestigious journals worldwide. Educated at Utkal University and Ravenshaw University, Dr. Meher has taught for more than eighteen years across colleges in Odisha. His passion for literature and translation is evident in his work on diasporic writing and translating Odia novels into English, bridging cultural narratives for wider audiences. His notable translations include The Changeover, Surendra Mohanty's Kalantara, and Night in the Metropolis and Other Stories, published by Bloomsbury and Black Eagle Books in 2019 and 2023. His other major publication, At Home in England (Atlantic), reflects his engagement with identity, migration, and belonging.
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