The Unconsoled, Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Review
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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0:00 - Intro to a strange book
5:20 - What is happening?
6:56 - Is it good?
9:36 - Should you read it?
11:05 - Please subscribe!
11:38 - The rain.
The description about the committee of porters elevating the craft of bellhops reminds me of Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Also, I have not read this book, but from your summary, it felt very similar to The Buried Giant.
There is quite a lot of The Grand Budapest Hotel feeling, although more maddening rather than quirky.
I think I'm nearly done with Ishiguru. The Remains of the Day is truly a great novel, and so is Never Let Me Go, but the rest of it isn't the same.
I think that is the way with most writers, they have their one masterpiece and it makes a very difficult comparison for the rest of their work, which is not bad, but just not as good.
Finding this book so annoying!!! Glad to hear I’m not alone!!
It really is annoying! I kept thinking, "Well, maybe..." but nothing every really came together. I thought the writing was very nice, and it did keep me feeling compelled to the end, but... to write a novel about a man anxious to be somewhere and then throw every impossible obstacle in his way; I hope Ishiguro suffered as much writing it as I did reading it.
(But I suspect I might read it again one day.)
Could it be that the reader could be Unconsolable while reading this?? Just a guess? Lol.
Not bad, that is a part of reading this long novel. But there are several characters who seem to be regretting, lamenting relationships from the past. A lot of hidden troubles that were never dealt with.
Your description of the elevator story/character reminds me of this SNL skit, which also takes place in a ridiculously tall building; you probably will find it crass, but i really enjoy the writing. ruclips.net/video/GP55q2lBqbY/видео.html
I am not sure that I was ever a fan of SNL. Like The Simpsons it seems to continue to exist out of a perpetual state of nostalgia, which is something that really disturbs me about living in Canada. When I came back to this country after 16 years it seems that nothing has changed, people watch the same shows and listen to the same music. It's like a cultural vacuum that is full of all the junk from the 80's and 90's. I suppose that's why I enjoy reading so much, I can be happy living outside of the popular culture.