Previous SFF Author: Elaine Isaak
Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of six novels, including the international bestsellers The Remains of the Day (winner of the Booker Prize) and Never Let Me Go. He received an OBE for service to literature and the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go is about clones, but don’t get your hopes up. This is an unconventional clone story.
That’s right. There aren’t any mad scientists, nor are there any daring escapes.
Ryan Skardal and Ray McKenzie´s rating: 2 | Kazuo Ishiguro | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
I enjoyed it. Others might not. I suppose I could put that title on a lot of my reviews without sacrificing much for accuracy, but I mean it to be suggestive here that The Buried Giant is going to be a bit divisive. It’s a well-crafted book, certainly, and it has as much thematic heft to keep anyone happy, but whether or not it’s an appealing book may be a bit less cut-and-dried.
The story, in brief, is as follows: sometime in early British history,
Tim Scheidler´s rating: 4.5 | Kazuo Ishiguro | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun (2021) is the newest novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, and the best description I can think of it is that it’s the newest novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. In other words, it’s very “Ishiguro”-like in its themes, its voice, its prose style and will call up memories of earlier works such as Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, which I consider high praise indeed.
Bill Capossere´s rating: 5 | Kazuo Ishiguro | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Elaine Isaak
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…
this sounds like a fun one