The Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro

Beedham, Matthew; Tredell, Nicolas

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“…In these features, the inner ligament is quite different in composition from its homologues in Anodonta cygnea, Mytilus edulis and Ostrea edulis, hydrolysates of which are readily distinguishable from those of the outer ligament layer, and are characterized, in contrast to Sdemya (Table 4), by a relatively small glycine fraction and appreciable concentrations of proline and methionine (Beedham, 1958 b).…”

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“…In Tellina tenuis, Mytilus edulis (Trueman, 1951) and probably most other Iamellibranchs, the inner ligament Table 2. layer uhdergoes a great deal of compression when the valves are closed, whereas the outer layer of the ligament is normally subjected to a tensile strain under similar conditions. The unique stresses faced by the former may account for the unusual composition of the inner ligament protein (Beedham, 1958 b).…”

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THE MANTLE AND SHELL OF SOLEMYA PARKINSONI (PROTOBRANCHIA: BIVALVIA)

Beedham

Owen

1965

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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The shell of Solemya exhibits considerable flexibility which is further enhanced by the marked extension of the periostracum beyond the calcareous portions of the valves. This fcature, more than any other, has made possible the habit, unique among bivalves, of burrowing deep within the substrate without direct contact with the water above. The inner calcareous layer of tho valves is restricted to a small area near the umbones while the outer calcareous layer is thin and contains a high proportion of organic material. The shell conchiolin consists mainly of protein, varying in composition, but much of it strengthcned by quinone‐tanning, and in ccrtain regions probably by the presence of appreciable quantities of chitin. The ligament, although superficially resembling an amphidetic structure, is opisthodetic, the extcnsion anterior to the umbones consisting of anterior outer layer only. The mantle is characterized by an extension of the outer fold of the mantle margin which has effected equally both the inner and outer surfaces of this fold. The secretory epithelium and the modified pallial musculature, contraction of which results in the intucking and plaiting of the periostracum, is dcscribed. Simple tubular oil glands open at the mantlo margin and are responsible for the water‐repellent nature of the periostracum. The form of the mantlelshell and that of the enclosed body are discussed and compared with those of other bivalves in which elongation of the mantle/shell is achieved in a different way. It is concluded that the mantlelshell of Solemya is of little value in determining its relationships, and that the greatly elongatod ligament, the edentulous hinge and the flexible shell are all adaptations to a specialized mode of life.

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THE MANTLE AND SHELL OF SOLEMYA PARKINSONI (PROTOBRANCHIA: BIVALVIA)

Beedham

Owen

1965

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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“…Such criticism also often gestures to that migration's presumed context: the then-recent war, and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, in which Ishiguro's mother was injured (Wroe, 2005: 1). Ishiguro's novels are often read as providing aesthetic representations for international crises not only through their 4 Ishiguro and the Abandoned Child content, but through assumptions about Ishiguro's transnational childhood: a dominant theme in his reception since 1982 -one increasingly challenged (Beedham, 2009), but persistent.…”

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