Writer Kazuo Ishiguro's daughter Naomi debuts with short story collection Escape Routes

Naomi Ishiguro has made her debut with Escape Routes, a collection of nine stories which has earned nods from the likes of cult author Neil Gaiman. PHOTOS: ROSIE POWELL, TINDER PRESS
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SINGAPORE - The short stories of British writer Naomi Ishiguro are filled with flights of fancy and routes of escape. A man walks into a painting and vanishes; another disappears in a cloud of autumn leaves.

Ishiguro, 28, is the only child of Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro, author of acclaimed books such as The Remains Of The Day (1989) and Never Let Me Go (2005).

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