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Questing, for old folks
Grammar is very important. Without that comma, my title is about looking for senior citizens. With it, those selfsame senior can go on an adventure. And what a wonderful adventure! Unfortunately for all of us, I have forgotten the names of the characters involved but that’s okay. Looking back on my old reviews, I rarely really include character names anyway! This book is set in roughly Arthurian England, there’s even mention of one of his knights. The Buried Giant is also stylistically similar to so much […]
I suppose maybe the Nobel Committee knows what they’re doing
I didn’t expect to appreciate this one as much as I did. I started The Remains of the Day as an audiobook a few months ago while unpacking at a new apartment, and I realized it would require a bit more attention than I was able to give it then. It seemed fine, maybe a little wandering… but when I picked it back up again this year, I zoomed right through it. The quick summary: Stevens, a butler at a great house in England, goes on […]
It’s hard to overstate how beautifully understated this (all his) novel(s) is.
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 […]