Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant

The Buried Giant

Coming March 3. Readers with great taste are raving fans of Ishiguro's work. I'm looking forward to reading his new one, even though I still haven't read his best-known work The Remains of the Day.

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Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

An eerie take on the coming-of-age theme. Ishiguro expertly combines speculative fiction and literary fiction to great effect. I talked about my love for this one in Volume III of One Great Book. Haunting and atmospheric, with a sad truth that dawns on you gradually. Ishiguro slowly introduces the reader to three teens in a 1990s British boarding school. His prose says so much while revealing so little, as it slowly dawns on the reader what is not-quite-right about these children's lives.

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The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

I waited far too long to read this one. Jim Mustich, author of 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die,  and I chatted about Ishiguro’s famous novel on Episode 165 of What Should I Read Next. If you’re craving a road trip through the English countryside, or you just saw the Downton Abbey movie and need more stories of upstairs-downstairs dynamics, this book is for you. Stevens, longtime butler of an English country estate, takes a much-needed vacation to drive through the country and visit friends. Over the course of his trip, he reflects on his past exposing his quiet and unseen role in history. This book is indeed worth reading in this lifetime.

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Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun

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Ishiguro’s new novel about an Artificial Friend asks big questions about humanity, technology, and love. Klara is not the newest or snazziest model available, yet when Josie walks into the AF showroom, she insists that the observant and compassionate Klara is right for her. As Klara begins to acclimate to family life, becoming a trusted friend and companion to the gravely ill child, she realizes the Mother’s motives are darker and more desperate than Klara imagined. Fans of Never Let Me Go will enjoy Ishiguro’s signature way with words and his ever-present theme of what it means to be a person in this world. While this contemplative story told from Klara’s wonder-filled and keenly observant point of view is lighter than his previous works, I still found it to be sorrowful and deeply moving.

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