Never Let Me Go: Kazuo Ishiguro

[poliphilo]

I wasn't sure about this book. I'd read reviews and knew what the big reveal was and didn't think I was going to be convinced by it. But I was. It's a book about denial, about horrors being glossed over- and the narrator's voice- flat, colourless, without affect- is a tour de force of subtlety and restraint. 

Comments

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

I think what really hit me square on about this book is that I'd never read sci-fi that was not about fighting or overthrowing the system - but about discovery of its workings and acquiescence. Heartbreaking.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The truth is most people do acquiesce in injustice when it's backed by the system. And that includes most of its victims. I kept asking myself why none of the donors ran away or fought back- but in my heart of hearts I knew.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

"I see it feelingly", as the blinded Gloucester put it...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes. Very good!

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

It's a marvellous book, isn't it?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes. Terrific.