's funny how opinion can change so suddenly while reading a book. I was asked just two days ago which was my impression of this book by Kazuo Ishiguro, I would not hesitate to choke it off without thinking twice. Yet, the last forty pages, with their delicacy and their dependents of profound melancholy had greatly changed my opinion.
It seems to me important, however, dampen the enthusiasm: Never Leave not a masterpiece. Indeed, it has some rather obvious flaws, both in writing style, very repetitive and the pace dilated - so much so that for most of this dystopian novel seems to be reading a sort of commentary of the life experiences of the protagonist - who in the world imagined by the author, a world in which some clones are used only for donate organs. I will not dwell much on the plot, but many times the reader will wonder (rightly) that sense has a system like that suggested by the Japanese writer.
However, the absurd world set up by the author of The Remains of the Day is appropriate to the message you want to send a message concerning the transience of life, the non-existent ability to choose for their future , when one asks what is right to go further for the good of mankind while sacrificing a part of it or how much weight have real feelings in the modern world.
Themes, and then, there and are treated with wealth and attention. The fact remains that the book is that it has a slow approach to boredom and not to entice ever read. I can understand that Ishiguro wants to convey a sense of drama and melancholy predestination, but when this works to the detriment of the enjoyment of the book, in my opinion, something is wrong. Some have compared
Never Leave other great dystopian-fiction novels like Fahrenheit 451 , Solaris or 1984, but I will be making a big mistake. Firstly because the work here under review did not focus as a situation or a future environment (indeed, for what it was, this book would come out with broken bones from a hypothetical clash with the work of Bradbury, Lem, and Orwell) but points to its target on human feelings and friendship that binds the main characters. Secondly, why do not have the verve and narrative power of fiction taken here in comparison.
were not for the poignant final chapters, I would have awarded a pass gnawing
[ 7.0 ]
Small note on translation: I do not understand why go fashion in the book take words or epithets in English for the sake of making the picture. Why keep "playing field" and not translate it as "playing field"? These are not new words or expressions of their English, so why are not translated?
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