A beautiful story of post WWII Japan that revolves around an artist who created art that served as pro-war propaganda to convince the nation towards aggression. The writing was poetically crafted. I enjoyed the book, but did not love it as much as 2 of Ishiguro's other books, Never Let Me Go and R...
I picked this up because I loved his near-future novel of clones being harvested for body parts! (Never Let Me Go).Although very well done, I didn't like this book as much.Told in the first person, the narrator, Ono, is an elderly man who, we learn, came to success and recognition as a patriotic art...
A fine novel. The first book I've read by Ishiguro, and now I know what the fuss is about.The most notable thing about it is the subtlety of the telling. For one thing, even though a major part of its subject matter is the brutal military dictatorship of Imperial Japan, Ishiguro doesn't sensationali...
I believe I have already mentioned the fact that I played a small part in the Migi-Hidari's coming into existence. Of course, not being a man of wealth, there was little I could do financially. But by that time my reputation in this city had grown to a certain extent; as I recall, I was not yet serv...
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