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A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
If I was feeling in a generous mood I could say that A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel, proves just how much Ishiguro has matured as an author. If I had to be completely honest, however, I would say that I am fairly mystified by A Pale View of Hills. How can…
1950s, 1980s, 1st pov, 2 STARS, 20th century, Adult, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, British Japanese author, cold tone, england, favourite authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, intergenerational, japan, Kazuo Ishiguro, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, MEMORY, mothers & daughters, My reviews, published in 1982, read in 2021, reading, suicide, weak prose -
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Compared to Ishiguro’s other works An Artist of the Floating World is somewhat slight, both in terms of characterisation and plot. As with other novels by Ishiguro we have a narrator reminiscing about their past, attention is paid to the act of recollecting, and the unreliability of one’s memory. Set in post-World War II Japan…
1940s, 1950s, 1st pov, 20th century, 3 STARS, ART/CREATIVITY, ARTISTS, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, British Japanese author, favourite authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, japan, Kazuo Ishiguro, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, MEMORY, morality, My reviews, published in 1986, read in 2021, reading, unreliable narrators, WWII -
Fault Lines by Emily Itami
βIs it normal to fluctuate so quickly between feeling tender towards your husband and fervently wishing him a violent death?β Fault Lines by Emily Itami is a fun and short read. Itami’s dry humor brought to mind Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times, but, thankfully for me at least, Fault Lines proved to be a much more…
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