http://andrewblackman.net/2009/03/the-unconsoled-by-kazuo-ishiguro/ Andrew Blackman, literary fiction writer, author of the award-winning novel On the Holloway Road. Sun, 20 May 2012 18:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://andrewblackman.net/2009/03/the-unconsoled-by-kazuo-ishiguro/#comment-79 claire Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:49:31 +0000 http://andrewblackman.net/?p=330#comment-79 This is an enlightenment, truly. I read The Unconsoled years ago when I was not as familiar with more sophisticated writing, fresh off my Stephen King phase from high school, haha. It was my first Ishiguro, too. I did read it along with Eco's The Name of the Rose, which for the most part made sense to me then, and I loved it. The Unconsoled, however, was beyond me. And I don't know how I came to finish it without having understood most of it. I did enjoy the writing, but I don't remember what anything was about. It might be due for a re-reading, and I don't doubt I'd appreciate it more today. Thanks! This is an enlightenment, truly. I read The Unconsoled years ago when I was not as familiar with more sophisticated writing, fresh off my Stephen King phase from high school, haha. It was my first Ishiguro, too. I did read it along with Eco’s The Name of the Rose, which for the most part made sense to me then, and I loved it. The Unconsoled, however, was beyond me. And I don’t know how I came to finish it without having understood most of it. I did enjoy the writing, but I don’t remember what anything was about. It might be due for a re-reading, and I don’t doubt I’d appreciate it more today. Thanks!

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