Original version

BBC Radio 4 LW

Front Row

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

BBC Radio 4 FM

John Wilson

Kazuo Ishiguro

Sarah Johnson

Rebecca Armstrong

Front Row: Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with John Wilson

front-row_050315_e_kate-bullivant.jpg

05/03/2015

Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with John Wilson

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with John Wilson

Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with John Wilson.

John Wilson talks to Kazuo Ishiguro about his new novel The Buried Giant and how his career as a writer was made possible by his unfulfilled dreams of being a singer-songwriter.

Kazuo Ishiguro's seven previous books have won him wide renown and many honours around the world including the Man Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over 40 languages. The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have each sold in excess of 1m copies, and both were adapted into highly-acclaimed films. His latest book and first novel in a decade, The Buried Giant, is set in a post-Arthurian England and deals with memories, love, revenge and war.

Kazuo Ishiguro discusses the inspiration behind The Buried Giant, and looks at the themes it shares with his other works. He also reveals how his writing career started after his original dream to become a singer/songwriter never quite materialised, and how it prepared him for life as a novelist.

Presenter John Wilson
Producer Sarah Johnson and Rebecca Armstrong.

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Front Row

Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with John Wilson

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4