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Unofficial Kazuo Ishiguro Fan Club

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The trailer for the film adaptation of his book has been released recently Slight smile Thumbsup

See previous thread too: community.autism.org.uk/.../kazuo-ishiguro

  • in reply to Maybe_Sally

    Thank you for sharing about his next book, I was unaware of that Thumbsup My favourites are The Remains of the Day and Klara and the Sun as well as the film Living which is his adaption of the original Japanese film Ikiru youtu.be/-hCTXaQ1guE which reminds me of my father in many ways Upside down Kazuo Ishiguro's daughter Naomi is also an author, I wonder what hers are like? It must be nice+satisfying for them seeing both of their books on display in Waterstones, public libraries etc Slight smile

  • Wow! We have our very own Ishiguro Fan Club page <3 Brilliant!

    I see on Wikipedia that a new novel is expected in 2027! 'Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger'. 

    This might be controversial, but personally 'Never Let Me Go' was my least favourite of his books. It is just utterly bleak. His stories are always melancholy, of course, but for me this particular one crossed a line into simply miserable, depressing territory. Still an amazing novel, the man's a genius, but this is just my opinion. 

    Also, I do think 'An Artist of the Floating World' seems like a practice draft for 'The Remains of the Day' when you read them together - not that this is a bad thing. 'AAOTFW' is really good but he didn't go quite far enough with the main character, who is ultimately saved from the devastating realisation that Stevens experiences at the end of 'TROTD'. This leaves you feeling more comfortable, but still when you compare the two it feels like it falls short. The emotional journey 'TROTD' takes you on through Stevens is uniquely perfect and complete, somehow, and makes it a true classic.

    I think 'The Buried Giant' is one of his best too. It is absolutely wonderful and such a clever idea, with a truly satisfying explanation at the end for all the strangeness Axl and Beatrice experience on their journey that really makes sense in the context of the novel.

    Which ones are everyone else's favourites?

  • in reply to .

    At least you've confessed Sweat smile #BetterOutThanIn Thumbsup  

  • I have a confession to make.

    I have started but not finished The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go and Klara and the Sun (books).

    I feel rather ashamed Pensive 

  • I'm new to this, but wow I just watched the trailer and it looks really good, I imagine the book is an amazing read too! I'm going to look it up! 

  • I haven’t read Klara and the Sun but I enjoyed The Remains of the Day.

  • in reply to Marianne72

    I know what you mean, I wonder how they went about choosing the director and so on. It looks like a different style to his usual adaptations. I'm looking forward to watching it nevertheless and reading the book again in time Slight smileBookMovie cameraClapperThumbsup

  • THanks for this. I'm not sure it fits my visual image of the book - a rather more calm Klara. But I'll watch it!