Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Autobiographical Narrative in Ishiguro's Fiction 2.1 Confessions about the Imagined Nagasaki 2.2 Apologies of a Floating Artist 2.3 Testimonies of an Imperial Butler 2.4 Memoirs of a Dislocated Detective 2.5 Bildungsroman of a Subaltern Schoolgirl Chapter Three An Autobiography of Naipaul's Fiction 3.1 An Epic of Trinidadian Pastoral 3.2 An Enigma of Migration Experience Chapter Four Strangers in Nocturne Dreams 4.1 An Allegory of Diasporic Existence 4.2 Non–human Identities of Cultural Ideology Chapter Five Conclusion References of Chapter One References of Chapter Two References of Chapter Three References of Chapter Four References of Chapter Five Bibliography