It's a disquieting, melancholy, fascinating exploration of the possible causes and effects of cloning. As he demonstrated with The Remains of the Day,It's a disquieting, melancholy, fascinating exploration of the possible causes and effects of cloning. As he demonstrated with The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro proves himself masterful at depicting characters who are not quite sure how to connect emotionally to one another, or even to themselves. Through his book, I can also vividly imagine a world, not too different from our own, in which these kinds of tragic outcomes could take place. ...more
Wonderfully gothic, romantic, lush, and laced with wryly dark moments of humor. A kind of literary version of the Spain that Almodovar has so beautifuWonderfully gothic, romantic, lush, and laced with wryly dark moments of humor. A kind of literary version of the Spain that Almodovar has so beautifully and inventively brought to life on film. What both artists also share is the ability to make the melodramatic feel real and human because of the richness of the characters they create. This novel is a love letter to the power of books, and a meditation on the ways in which we can be either crippled by or freed from our histories....more
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