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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 -
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun presents its readers with a quiet yet touching meditation on life. In a similar fashion as Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro’s foray into the speculative realm is deeply grounded in the mundane. Yet, in spite of its ordinary trappings, Klara and the Sun is a work that is brimming…
1st pov, 4 STARS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, atmospheric, beautiful prose, British author, environmental, existentialism, favourite authors, friendships, identity, introspective, Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, near future/alternate reality, parenting, psychological, published in 2021, re-reads, read in 2021, read in 2022, SCI-FI, SLICE OF LIFE, SPECULATIVE FICTION, technology, unnamed country, what ifs -
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
“I had always understood, of course, that the task of rooting out evil in its most devious forms, often just when it is about to go unchecked, is a crucial and solemn undertaking.” As much as it pains me to admit this…I didn’t particularly care for this novel. While it is written in Kazuo Ishiguro’s…
1920s, 1930S, 1st pov, 20th century, 3 STARS, Adult, British author, CHILDHOOD, China, england, existentialism, friendships, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, introspective, Kazuo Ishiguro, LITERARY FICTION, LONDON, male authors, male friendships, MEMORY, missing persons, MYSTERY, orphans, psychological, published in 2000, read in 2020, Shanghai, Sino-Japanese War, war, when we were orphans -
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro — book review
Never Let Me Go is a bleak novel, that is made ever bleaker by the way in which our narrator normalises her horrifying reality. Although this is a work of speculative fiction, Kathy’s world does not seem all that different from our own one (there were many moments which struck me as quintessentially British). Although…
4 STARS, academia, Adult, boarding/private school, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, British author, coming of age, england, friendships, horrible friends, identity, introspective, Kazuo Ishiguro, LITERARY FICTION, MEMORY, modern classics, near future/alternate reality, Never Let Me Go, read in 2020, relationships, SPECULATIVE FICTION -
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY: BOOK REVIEW
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★★★ 5 of 5 stars “Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.” …and now I am sad. This hit me harder than expected. I find it impossible hard to believe that this book was written by Kazuo Ishiguro…
1920s, 1930S, 1940s, 1950s, 1st pov, 5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, aristocracy, booker-prize, British author, class, england, existentialism, favourite authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, introspective, Kazuo Ishiguro, LITERARY FICTION, MEMORY, modern classics, morality, mr. stevens, philosophical, published in 1989, READ IN 2019, The Remains of the Day, unreliable narrators, unrequited love, WWII
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