Kazuo Ishiguro's: A Family Supper

Kazuo Ishiguro OBE born 8 November 1954) is a Japanese-English novelist. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and his family moved to England in 1960. Ishiguro obtained his Bachelor's degree from University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative writing course in 1980. He became a British citizen in 1982. Ishiguro is one of the most celebrated contemporary fiction authors in the English speaking world, having received four Man Booker Prize nominations, including winning the 1989 prize for his novel The Remains of the Day. In 2008, The Times named Ishiguro among their list of "The 50 greatest English writers since 1945". Fugu is a traditional Japanese fish that's been a part of Japan's culture formany years. Kazuo Ishiguro's “A Family Supper” is the story of a family that isrecovering from the loss of their mother due to Fugu poisoning a few years ago.The boy in the family has lived in California for some time and decides to moveback to Japan to stay with his father. Upon his arrival, a series of clues lead us tobelieve that the dinner his father has prepared will be their last.The first spoken line of the story comes from the boy's father asking him,“Did you eat on the plane?” He implies that he only had a snack and the fatherinsists by saying, “You must be hungry. We'll eat as soon as Kikuko arrives.” Hisfather's overbearing concern with the food is unusual; he didn't bother to ask howthe flight was or anything of that nature. We learn that his father's firm has justcollapsed and how pure samurai blood actually runs in their family. In shame oftheir company's failure, his father's partner Watanabe took his own life. The boy,curious to know what his father will do ...