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  • Sussex

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  • Novel

Ages

  • Adult

Awards

  • Corine Literature Prize

About this book

Its subjects in Wikidata: friendship. It is set in Sussex and listed for an audience of adults.

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First published
First published in April 2005. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors
Wikidata lists the Corine Literature Prize (2006) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.

About Kazuo Ishiguro

Born
Born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors
Kazuo Ishiguro received the Booker Prize in 1989, for The Remains of the Day. Source: Wikidata, citing thebookerprizes.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors
Kazuo Ishiguro was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1989. Source: Wikidata, citing rsliterature.org, checked November 6, 2026.

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