Wcale nie zamierzałem czytać tej książki. Nie było jej w żadnych moich planach czytelniczych. Miałem jedynie jakieś – nomen omen – okruchy wspomnień z udanej adaptacji filmowej. Kiedy więc zupełnym przypadkiem natknąłem się na stronę książki w jakimś sklepie, jakoś tak zacząłem czytać znajdujący się...
Kazuo Ishiguro is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. His writing is seamless, it gently flows along unhurried soothing….Stevens is a long serving butler at Darlington Hall, this is a world of servitude, a world of privilege at a time where class distinctions were recognized and viewed as imp...
A truly delightful story. Imagine sipping a cool lager on a sunny afternoon or slipping away on a cloud of your dreams. Japanese storytelling is written in a clear and direct language, so easy to follow and engage with. Locations often range from the atmosphere of cocktail bars to the sleepy world o...
Know when to hold them and know when to fold them comes to mind when trying to write a review on this novel. I have been meaning to read this book for so long but something kept me from doing so for many years and sometimes it best to go with your instincts when it comes to books and this is just...
Book2movierezension 2. die Verfilmung eines Literaturklassikers oder eines Literaturpreisträgers: Im Fall dieser Book2movierezension habe ich ausnahmsweise einmal den Film zuerst gesehen, was eigentlich ein Glückfall war. Als der Film im Juli im Fernsehen nochmals gezeigt wurde, habe ich ihn nochma...
(Original Review, 1995-12-12)I'm pretty respectful of other people's opinions and durable literary reputations. Reading Ulysses was bliss for me, but I have no harsh words for people who don’t like it. It is obviously something that has engaged reader’s minds, hearts, and souls, and perhaps more imp...
This quiet book is supposedly about a man and his two daughters, but it is also a look at what happened and why memory is a funny thing. The book is more for what is understand. it is one of those books where the long silences actually carry the weight of the story.
The remains of the day was a meditative look at the life of an English butler in the Nineteenth century and one which I really enjoyed. Previously I read Never Letting Go by the same author and although I liked it, it didn’t evoke much emotional engagement. I was therefore hesitant to try this, bu...
I had heard so much about this author and was looking forward to reading one of his books for our book group. I started with the audiobook version, narrated by Nigel Hawthorne, but found his voice too slow and the book was dragging, so I did something that I never do - I read it rather than listenin...
Writing a review of a Kazuo Ishiguro book is like reading a Kazuo Ishiguro book: it's the same thing as the last time. What can I say different in this review? It's mostly the same: Ishiguro is a brilliant author with a gorgeous understanding of the language; he drops that displaced unreliable narra...
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