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Kazuo Ishiguro

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I read Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro at the same time as I was completing my autism assessment in November 2021. I'd never read any of his books before so was all new to me. I found it tied in very well with my exploration of autism and ongoing mental health recovery journey. I went on to enjoy reading his book The Remains of the Day (and watch the film) as well as watch (and get the DVD in time) of the film Living (released in cinemas last year https://youtu.be/-hCTXaQ1guE ) which he adapted from the Japanese original. I would like to chat with other Kazuo Ishiguro fans so am on the lookout  for any generally, are any of you interested in his work much? 

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  • I have read 'The Remains of the Day', and while I could see how people could enjoy it and be moved, it left me rather unaffected. I appreciated that it was technically well written, but I was never engaged by the characters. The same is true of Thomas Hardy, for me his characters are very flat, I could never care what happened to them.

  • in reply to Martin

    Yes, that's what I can relate to them about. The main characters Mr Stevens, Klara and Mr Williams (in the film Living) are all flat like me (i.e. numb, frozen, disconnected, desensitised, devoid of emotion, characteristic deficits e.g. true empathy deficiency, non-receptive personality). Kazuo Ishiguro is described as the 'king of the unreliable narrator' as the two books are written from Mr Stevens and Klara's points of viewThumbsup

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  • in reply to Martin

    Yes, that's what I can relate to them about. The main characters Mr Stevens, Klara and Mr Williams (in the film Living) are all flat like me (i.e. numb, frozen, disconnected, desensitised, devoid of emotion, characteristic deficits e.g. true empathy deficiency, non-receptive personality). Kazuo Ishiguro is described as the 'king of the unreliable narrator' as the two books are written from Mr Stevens and Klara's points of viewThumbsup

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