Never Let Me Go

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Good post - thanks.

My own pre-AtD cleansing ritual was Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which in 
many ways is very similar to Ishiguro's novel - bleak minimalism - and like 
you I found it kind of liberating to clear the head (and the sinuses) before 
engaging with Pynchon's complexities. Right now I'm in the midst of a 
POST-AtD cleansing ritual, which involves crime novels, Donald Duck- and 
Tintin-comics, DVDs, and plenty of sugar. More virtuous persons than me 
turned right back to page 1 after reaching page 1085, but I prefer to let 
AtD settle for a month or two before starting again.

>From: "David Casseres"

>So, last night I finished Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, one of the
>saddest stories I've ever read.  Today has been a hiatus; tomorrow I
>expect to start Against the Day.
>
>Never Let Me Go is the perfect thing to read before starting a new
>Pynchon novel, because it's the opposite of a Pynchon novel.  It's
>short, it's minimalist, it centers on a small group of characters who
>exist outside of history.

[...]

>Reading this before diving into AtD is kind of like chewing the bit of
>French bread and sipping the water before tasting the 30-year-old
>Chateau La Tour.  Clears the palate.  But you know, it's very good
>French bread and it's pure, clear water.

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