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I was very impressed with it Kallichore Send a noteboard - 05/04/2011 02:17:10 PM

Ishiguro is always lovely, and his narrators are given the courtesy of an individual voice. That of Kathy H. is a resigned, peaceful one with undercurrents of passion and loss. Sometimes too peaceful and resigned, perhaps. The narrative is structured as a series of memories, told and explained for the benefit of a reader who is not of our society/time, but that of Kathy's. As such, it functions as a vindication of her soul, her individuality. It sets out the price being paid for it. Subtly.


I loved how peaceful he made it all seem. It's a terrible, ugly sort of situation they're in but through her memories he made it seem rosy and cosy and completely all-encompassing. It was a wonderful way to conceal the horrific background to it, to make it all that much worse. I spent most of the book wondering why no one was fighting it, but the book wasn't about that at all.

And yes. Quoted paragraph is spot on.
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