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- ISBN 9780571378883
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 12 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'Exquisite.' Red Mag
'Full of yearning, melancholy and the romance of travel.' Irish Times
'Beautiful.' Independent
A unique collaborative publication which documents the lyrics written by Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro for the platinum selling, Grammy nominated, Jazz singer Stacey Kent.
A collection of all the song lyrics Kazuo Ishiguro has written to date for the renowned American jazz singer, Stacey Kent, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain is also an inspiring ode to collaboration.
KAZUO ISHIGURO was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have both been made into acclaimed films. He received a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan. His latest novel, Klara and the Sun, was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller in both hardcover and paperback.
Ishiguro also works occasionally as a screenwriter. His screenplay for the 2022 film Living received Academy Award (Oscar) and BAFTA nominations. Cinema adaptation of Klara and the Sun and A Pale View of the Hills are due for release in 2025.
