Context Flashcards
Who wrote this Novel
Kazuo Ishiguro
When was this Novel published
2005
1
When Ishiguro was writing his novel during the beginning of the 21st century, it was the period of fast-moving period of development especially in the biological and medical sciences
2
Ishiguro got the idea for his novel from listening to a radio program about cloning as a modern science.
3
The 1980s and 90s were marked most prominently by the election and time in office of Conservative Party Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013). The Thatcher years were a time of resistance to change, a focus on material wealth, and major cutbacks in public services.
4
The sort of England I now wanted was one of grey skies, flat, bare fields, drab streets, abandoned farms, empty roads. Apart from the narrator’s childhood memories, around which I might allow a little sun and vibrancy, I wanted an England drained of all bright [colors].”
