Archive for September 13, 2010
NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro
NEVER LET ME GO is a magnificent achievement, one that I personally rate above all other Ishiguro novels, because it adds an unexpected and quietly devastating emotional dimension to his already-powerful armory. Although this book has something of the alternative-reality feel of THE UNCONSOLED, it is by no means as difficult to read. It probably beats even THE REMAINS OF THE DAY in the surface lucidity of its narration, and emotions that had been denied or repressed in that earlier novel are here allowed to flower, albeit briefly. Indeed, one strand of this most unusual Bildungsroman is a love story, simple, true, and almost traditional, though denied the traditional happy-ever-after ending.
September 13, 2010
Tags: 2010 PB Release, Literary, Speculative (Beyond Reality) Posted in: Alternate History, Award Winning Author, Identity, Literary, Speculative (Beyond Reality), United Kingdom 
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