Comments | nightkitchen: what was golden went grey and I'm suddenly shy

nightkitchen

what was golden went grey and I'm suddenly shy

Mar 22, 2005 10:18

Yesterday at work, motivated by girldetective's recommendation, I picked up Kazuo Ishiguro's newest novel Never Let Me Go and, umm, didn't let it go until my shift was over (sorry! couldn't resist). In fact I stayed ten minutes longer than I needed to because I didn't want to quit reading. Please check it out, you will NOT be disappointed. It's a woman's ( Read more... )

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kiekks March 22 2005, 23:16:19 UTC

you can't bring the book home?

nightkitchen March 23 2005, 00:16:45 UTC

NO! the rules are different at the Mtl. store. sucks to that.

verte March 22 2005, 23:50:59 UTC

Oh no. Another book I REALLY want to read - I remember reading an interview with him about it in The Guardian and thinking 'oooh'. How I wish I read faster... I have a load of boring 18th century stuff to wade through, and yesterday all I could muster the energy for was, err, Bill Bryson. Now I am wasting more time watching The Young Ones repeats (have you had this in Canada? If not, you should!) SHAME! Still, isn't it nice to be enthusiastic about newly published novels? I wish it happened to me more.

Margaret Atwood tends to piss me off, especially Cat's Eye.

nightkitchen March 23 2005, 00:15:35 UTC

do not be ashamed of reading Bill Bryson! he's my family's heartthrob. even my dad has to admit to love.

I've got a lot of Michael Ondaatje (blah) to read for school. not as difficult as 18th c. stuff can be, but probably just as dull, although this course has taught me some appreciation for his (heavy-handed) prose-poetry.

what's The Young Ones? we might have it but I don't watch TV; not b/c I'm one of those snotty I-don't-watch-TV people but b/c we only get 3 channels, and one of them is French.

lots of people have a hate on for Margaret Atwood these days. I guess I understand it. she can be too clever, in a smug, almost annoying way. but my love for her remains: she was the first author of "adult" literature I really got into. my 16 year-old self would never forgive me for betraying that early adoration.

verte March 23 2005, 10:33:48 UTC

See, I don't find her all that clever, even. I haven't read The Blind Assassin, though... But I understand that 16 year old sense of betrayal and I'm trying to think of my equivalent...

The Young Ones is unmistakably British 80s comedy... anarchic in the same way that everything Rik Mayall touches tends to be. I was just watching repeats. I don't watch much tv at all, except at my parents' house, where it sort of becomes a holiday treat.

kiekks March 23 2005, 20:55:36 UTC

curious. margaret atwood seems to piss off a lot of people, why Cat's Eye? (from someone who liked that book)

triesticity March 22 2005, 23:55:29 UTC

ooh, now i want to go get it from the library!
the only ishiguro i've read is the remains of the day, which is really amazing; you should definitely read it.

nightkitchen March 23 2005, 00:09:13 UTC

you're the second person to recommend it, so it's definitely the next Ishiguro I'll check out.

beeswing March 31 2005, 00:22:55 UTC

Oh my god, what a freaky, miraculous book. I just finished it and it is half past one in the morning and although I'm tired it seems impossible to close my eyes in the dark. I presume that you've finished it by now...

nightkitchen March 31 2005, 02:33:10 UTC

I did, just this past Saturday I think. creep city. and it broke my heart. I couldn't believe how right on Ishiguro was with his descriptions of the kids in school, swarming Madame to see what was up, the sharing Walkmen ritual etc. etc. there are some really memorable speeches, ruth: "they were junkies ..." ... oh man. and the porn, and the way those kids were so attuned to everything, just hyperaware.