How does Ishiguro explore memory and identity?
It's a peculiar sort of thing, memory, isn't it? It's not a perfect archive, but rather a selective, often reshaped, landscape. My characters tend to inhabit this space, where their sense of self is deeply entwined with how they recall events, and importantly, how they choose to *interpret* those recollections. In 'An Artist of the Floating World,' for example, the narrator's understanding of his own past actions is central to his current identity. The process of remembering, or failing to remember fully, shapes who they believe themselves to be.
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