I was following the Nobel Prize speculation with some real interest in the last few weeks. Very few people on the message board I frequent mentioned Kazuo Ishiguru as a possible winner this year, and even in any year. He is one of my favorite British writers and the novels of his I’ve read rank among my very favorite, especially Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day. I also really enjoyed The Buried Giant and When We Were Orphans. I will likely […]
My Big Ol’ Spoiler-Filled Review
Never Let Me Go is one of the strangest books I have read this year and in order to try to make sense of it, I’m afraid I’m going to be engaging in some plot spoiling. Actually, this may not be overly spoiler-y, as the reader figures out most of what I’m going to reveal early on in the novel. Ishiguro wants it that way, I think, because his characters experience the same thing. They know what is going to happen to them, and yet…. […]
Now I’ve Got One Direction’s “End of the Day” Stuck in My Head…
I went into this book without a single piece of information regarding what it was about: it was an impulse digital rental based on the fact that I was preeeeeetty sure I had heard the name of the novel before (or maybe because of the movie which I just realized also exists??). And that’s it. Yet, despite no expectations, it was still totally not what I expected, in terms of subject matter, writing style, etc. How is that possible? In any case, I found myself […]
“I never so no miracle of science that didn’t always end of up as something worse.”
It’s been about 3 days since I finished this book and I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about it. This is first book by Kazuo Ishigiro. This review will be a little more succinct than my typical review because it’s hard to go too deep into the plot without spoiling things. The basic story follows Kathy, Ruth and Tommy; three friends who are students at a school called Hailsham and the years after they move on from their education. It becomes apparent […]
Forgetting history means we are doomed to repeat it. As we are now.
Two years ago, I reviewed The Buried Giant for CBR7, so I won’t hash out the summary and details for you, but will instead link to that review for a summary. What I’d like to do instead, since I’ve reviewed this book before, is to sink my teeth into the themes that made the book seem doubly relevant to me. The book is about a couple’s quest to visit their son’s village that gets wrapped up in a knight’s quest and a young boy’s prescience, […]
British Mythology Redux
My experience with Kazuo Ishiguro has only been Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go. The more I’ve read of Mr. Ishiguro’s, the more I enjoy his style. He begins his narratives very subtly developing conflicts and characters and builds towards endings that pack a punch. The Buried Giant departs from his usual content, while he tackles re-imagining British mythology. The world of the story is post-Arthurian where the Britons and the Saxons are living amongst each other, slowly building the cultural milieu we […]
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