Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
Once in a while there is a novel allowing my western-oriented mind a first careful glimpse into a different cultural sphere.This book neither asks for very much previous knowledge, nor does it require the iron will to cope with two dozen unfamiliar cultural references per page. Instead, it comes along as an invitation in a familiar handwriting and
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Say, can one use the lj writing tool also for comments? IF so, how? (So I can escape thise olive colourd reply box of yours ;-) )
Anyhow, this sounds like an interesting read. Question is: Do I want a cruel and merciless climax over Christmas? And, what is more, do I want to read anything that you praise before you have read "Nachtflug"? ;-)
Well, I think there is a clear yes to the second question, let me ponder a little over the first ;-)
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how come I find you in a pensive mood today whith the stress of the London Saitary reform gone and Christmas ahaed?
Nothing to serious to worry about I hope, beside the size of your Father'S X-mas present (I would recomend XL ;-) ). But if in doubt, well, use the advice given on that obscure bra webpage and check the lable ;-))
And second ps.: we did not finish this line of thoght yesterday: How would you like a few days out in the snow over carneval?
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I'm afraid the tool doesn't work for comments. (I wish it would, because that would save me from all those unnerving HTML-tags *g*). However, I think I remember a special LJ option for changing the reply box' colour. Maybe there is something I can do about the nasty olive-grey ...
how come I find you in a pensive mood today whith the stress of the London Saitary reform gone and Christmas ahaed? Nothing to serious to worry about I hope, beside the size of your Father'S X-mas present (I would recomend XL ;-)
No need to worry. Actually, the pretty banal reason behind the "pensive" is that I was thinking about how to organize the review ;-)
And second ps.: we did not finish this line of thoght yesterday: How would you like a few days out in the snow over carneval?
Carnival sounds great. A good opportunity to flee from the Rhineland festivities ;-)
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>Carnival sounds great. A good opportunity to flee from the Rhineland festivities ;-)
choose your destination then ;-). And maybe there is some groop therapy for NLGs wanting to go on holidays togeter where we could go as a kind of training ;-)))
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Anyway, I enjoyed Remains of the Day very much, and I actually did read it before watching the film version. Thank you for pointing out this one!
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well, the same goes for me, normally. But over X-mas I ted to get all sentimental ;-))
(Bimo: Do not say anything wrong here ;-)) )
Best last line of a novel I have ever read:
"Ich wusste nichts, und so verharrte ich im Unerschütterlichen Glauben, die Zeit der grausamen Wunder sei noch nicht um"
Lem, Solaris.
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If that's okay for the two of you, I could send A Pale View of Hills to Selena the next time I get to the post office and when she has finished reading it, she can send it directly to Cavendish.
In the meantime, I could start the Saint Exupery novel that I promised Cavendish to read ;-)
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Sounds fine with me (provided selena is quicker in returning books than you are in returning video tapes ;-)
BTW.: if we want to meet tomorrow I suggest either 4 in the afternoon or 8.30 in the evening, the latter option being perferable to the first.
If not, maybe sometime on Monday ;-). Just let me know :-)
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You are welcome :-)
Not that I mind, but how will I ever get through them all unless I abandon writing, and for that matter, work. :-)
I wonder why this sounds so strangely familiar... *g*
Some time ago, my own "books to read " list got so hopelessly long I decided to abandon it altogether. I now live a very happy and carefree life as a "spontaneous book buyer"... *g*
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A wonderful plan -- one concocted by someone who does not work in a library, methinks. :-) But since my list is in my head it gets shifted around, often at random, with books I've just heard about jumping the queue, so maybe I don't have much of a list after all. Just a yearning to read everything that sounds interesting.
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Ah,k that's why ... ;-)). But I think a books to read list is a really good thing to have ... just needs to be updated once in a while ;-)
>I now live a very happy and carefree life as a "spontaneous book buyer"... *g*
I shudder at the mere thoght ... maybe I should really become mere spontanious ;-)
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Oh, Ishiguro also writes short stories? Hopefully I'll manage to stumble across one or two of them someday, because I really like his prose and am a huge fan of the genre.
Glad you enjoyed the review :-)
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