Nobel to ‘Remains’ writer

KAZUO ISHIGURO, the Japanese-born British novelist best known for “The Remains of the Day” and other works about memory’s pain and illusions, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday.

The selection of the 62-yearold Ishiguro marked a return to citing fiction writers following two years of unconventional choices by the Swedish Academy, including Bob Dylan last year.

Sara Danius, the academy’s permanent secretary, praised Ishiguro as a mix of Jane Austen — “her comedy of manners and her psychological insights” — and the dark undercurrents of Kafka.