原文:I grew up with a very strong image in my head of this other country, a very important other country to which I had a strong emotional tie ... In England I was all the time building up this picture in my head, an imaginary Japan.[1]
↑Vorda, Allan; Herzinger, Kim. Stuck on the Margins: An Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro. Face to Face: Interviews with Contemporary Novelists. Rice University Press. 1994: 25. ISBN0-8926-3323-9.