Kazuo Ishiguro has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Kazuo Ishiguro
big if true
he had this two part interview type thing broadcast on nhk world the other day. it might have been good, i can't remember bc i was too drunk when i saw it.
Quick run down on this Nippon?
who gives a shit about the nobel proze after bob dylan won
He is British
Definitive Ishiguro Power Ranking:
>Canonical masterpiece tier
The Unconsoled - S
>Beloved classic tier
The Remains of the Day - A+
The Buried Giant - A+
>Delightful intro tier
Cellists - A
Crooner - B
>Flawed but touching tier
Never Let Me Go - B+
>Novel experimentation tier
A Pale View of Hills - B
>Traditionally proficient tier
Artist of the Floating World - B-
>Flawed experimentation tier
When We Were Orphans - C
Nocturne - C
Come Rain or Come Shine - C-
Malvern Hills - C-
>How do I into Kazuo-kun?
I'm glad you asked!
Start with:
>The Remains of the Day
or, if you're really adventurous,
>The Buried Giant
Then read:
>Never Let Me Go
If you want a foray into his early Japanese influence/reaction:
>An Artist of the Floating World
Work in the rest as you see fit, but make sure to save for last:
>The Unconsoled
Never Let Me Go > The Remains of the Day > literal shit > The Buried Giant
>nlmg is the best
retard detected
Well I suppose it cuts out the speculation that Murakami should get it for a few years.
Why is The Unconsoled the best?
Whatthe fuck? wasn't this announced last month
The last WHAT
Yeah and Tolstoy, Twain, Henry James and Zola never did. But Bob Dylan did. LMAO.
Don Quixote tells Sancho that prizes typically mean nothing, as they are awarded with political motives in mind.
Like when they banned Russia from Eurovision and the winner of that year's contest was a Ukrainian Tatar from Crimea. WOW I WONDER WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SAY?
This desu
theguardian.com
Two months ago actually, it was announced.
No, that is Murakami.
Two WHAT ago
This man, in my country he is nothing.
The only thing in your country is snow, Boris.
months
WHAT
Yeah, but you didn't know it until now.
I agree. That's why I believe that the only true judge of merit is the best seller list.
But consumers are motivated by politics too.
NICE LETTERS DUDE
I agree. That's why I believe no one should be motivated to get good at anything.
His life has been a downhill ever since he reached that peak
just walked to library and got uncolsoled first.
hohoho
is it good for. absolutely NOTHING
you mean since Obama won
Underaged please go.
Not Ishiguro poster, but it's his densest and most difficult work and it has multiple plotlines which it weaves in and out of and ultimately abandons. Most of his other works are realist and therefore easier.
I honestly prefer Remains of the Day, but Unconsoled is a much larger accomplishment.
Ban ishiguro threads
stop posting haruki.
Have you been on holiday or something? We had over ten threads going at anyone time for a couple of weeks about him after he won.
Read the remains of day. He feels like a worse John Williams
how awful of a reader must you be if this is the conclusion you came to