Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
7 out of 10
I don't much care for reading short stories, I like to get my teeth into a longer narrative. I guess, though, that, as short stories go, these might rank in the first division. With Annie Proulx.
I've read Ishiguro before (Remains of the Day - Yay!, The Unconsoled - what???) and he always leaves me feeling a bit dissatisfied. There are gaps in the reader's knowledge, and unlikely scenarios arise. This is a clever book, in that each story has links to the others, through themes; music, relationships, men who are drifting, but I could have put it down and not finished it, because I wasn't bothered about how the stories might end. I think he's a very clever, accomplished author. It's just that he doesn't speak to me.
Did the book have anything in common with Joanne Trollope's 'Marrying the Mistress'? Well - the both look at dodgy relationships.
7 out of 10
I don't much care for reading short stories, I like to get my teeth into a longer narrative. I guess, though, that, as short stories go, these might rank in the first division. With Annie Proulx.
I've read Ishiguro before (Remains of the Day - Yay!, The Unconsoled - what???) and he always leaves me feeling a bit dissatisfied. There are gaps in the reader's knowledge, and unlikely scenarios arise. This is a clever book, in that each story has links to the others, through themes; music, relationships, men who are drifting, but I could have put it down and not finished it, because I wasn't bothered about how the stories might end. I think he's a very clever, accomplished author. It's just that he doesn't speak to me.
Did the book have anything in common with Joanne Trollope's 'Marrying the Mistress'? Well - the both look at dodgy relationships.
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