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Kazuo Ishiguro

Allyboo

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.

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    Martin said:
    it left me rather unaffected

    Due to my general numbness and so on I've been affected by little in my life so far. I have been affected from time to time refreshingly and unexpectedly for example by the last few pages of The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck. What books (or films) have affected you up until now, in places?

  • in reply to Allyboo

    I have found J P Donleavy's books, especially 'The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B', very moving. There is an elegiac beauty to some passages, as well as ribald comedy. The works of Francois Mauriac have the same elegiac quality, though not the humour. Other authors I admire include: James Joyce, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hilary Mantel, Arnold Bennett, Patrick O'Brian, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Cecelia Holland, Alan Garner, David Lodge, Jack Vance, JRR Tolkien, Roddy Doyle. William Golding and Anthony Burgess.

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  • in reply to Allyboo

    I have found J P Donleavy's books, especially 'The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B', very moving. There is an elegiac beauty to some passages, as well as ribald comedy. The works of Francois Mauriac have the same elegiac quality, though not the humour. Other authors I admire include: James Joyce, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hilary Mantel, Arnold Bennett, Patrick O'Brian, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Cecelia Holland, Alan Garner, David Lodge, Jack Vance, JRR Tolkien, Roddy Doyle. William Golding and Anthony Burgess.

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