Nobel Guy

[jesse gooch]

I enjoyed “the latest one” that he mentions not having read. Has anyone else read The Buried giant?


> On Oct 5, 2017, at 10:33 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> And I'm going to essay the major theme: loss of identity, loss of self: personal, modern world, dystopic future...and in all kinds of other ways. 
> He would be a wonderful writer for the Plist to start and stop out of reading. That would itself be a metaphor. For the Plist. 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:16 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com <mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com>> wrote:
> http://www.eschatonblog.com/2017/10/they-get-prizes.html <http://www.eschatonblog.com/2017/10/they-get-prizes.html>
> 
> "I have actually read every single Ishiguro <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/books/nobel-prize-literature.html> (I realize he is an English language author in case you think this post suggests otherwise) book except the latest one.  <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307455793/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=eschaton-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307455793&linkId=0202d58481759143615f76ccc656e9e5>I am a bad book reviewer but I've long liked him for various reasons, one being that his style does not stay the same. The Unconsoled <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679735879/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=eschaton-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0679735879&linkId=cca57923de2121576392db80f606a9a0> is postmodern weirdness. The Remains of the Day <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VPWX6K/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=eschaton-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B003VPWX6K&linkId=4115c9084051473126ab7c28117083df> is a stiff upper lip English novel. Never Let Me Go <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400078776/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=eschaton-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1400078776&linkId=40f503bb6f82ee9d75e07dd582695af8> is dystopian sci-fi."
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