Ishiguro once said: “It’s not my best book.” And as with most things Ishiguro says and writes, this is a gross understatement.
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If this is not your type of humor, well, then, we are just very different kinds of people.
Read MoreIn the first two weeks of January, I finished Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and Levels of Life by Julian Barnes.
Read MoreIf I were a more patient reader I would ingest them one a day, like a guided meditation app, or a morning vitamin.
Read MoreWhy when attempting to capture multicultural lives should we rule out the exact inconveniences that define them?
Read MoreWild? The morals of this book could not be more clear-cut if it were a literal pocket-sized priest.
Read MoreThe Refugees is a difficult book to dislike due to the timeliness of its resistance to the bigotry that surrounds us.
Read MoreJoyce is unapologetically, almost bravely undidactic — a thorough nonbeliever in setting the scene.
Read MoreA roaming elegy with many motifs and no central through line (much like the Great War, I suppose).
Read MoreTed Chiang's collection is the perfect embodiment of "idea-fiction."
Read MoreAn Austen of our time.
Read MoreIt is simply time to admit that I simply don't like these books that much.
Read MoreMuch like the original play, every sentence feels like it only exists for the sake of ushering the plot along.
Read MoreThe Sympathizer is a narrative and philosophical feat of Kafka-esque and Heller-esque proportions
Read MoreWhat's even more consistent than the finesse of James's language, however, is the annoyingness of his characters.
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