Yep, I loved When We Were Orphans. I thought it was a bit like Lolita in the way it drew you into the world of the narrator, and then forced you into complicity as the narrator... does things you don't want to be a part of. With Lolita, it's the evil of his exploitation of a young girl. With Christopher, he's just mad in the head, by the end in a tremendously uncomfortable way.
So yes, I'm with you, I like Unconsoled and WWWO much more than the critics seemed to. I still have the last couple of books of Ishiguro's to read, so perhaps this will prompt me to go and load up Klara. Or maybe just go back and read Orphans again.
yes, the slow realisation that he's insane and we're trapped with him! poor guy.
have you read the buried giant? that's another one I think is underrated, and again so different from the rest. he's a genius. I liked klara, it's quite (bitter)sweet and surprisingly optimistic about AI/tech advances (compared to, say, never let me go).
Excellent post
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Yep, I loved When We Were Orphans. I thought it was a bit like Lolita in the way it drew you into the world of the narrator, and then forced you into complicity as the narrator... does things you don't want to be a part of. With Lolita, it's the evil of his exploitation of a young girl. With Christopher, he's just mad in the head, by the end in a tremendously uncomfortable way.
So yes, I'm with you, I like Unconsoled and WWWO much more than the critics seemed to. I still have the last couple of books of Ishiguro's to read, so perhaps this will prompt me to go and load up Klara. Or maybe just go back and read Orphans again.
yes, the slow realisation that he's insane and we're trapped with him! poor guy.
have you read the buried giant? that's another one I think is underrated, and again so different from the rest. he's a genius. I liked klara, it's quite (bitter)sweet and surprisingly optimistic about AI/tech advances (compared to, say, never let me go).