Julia Johnson
Editor in Chief, journalist, blogger
The
British
author
Kazuo
Ishiguro
has
been
named
winner
of
the
2017
Nobel
prize
in
literature.
He
was
praised
by
the
Swedish
Academy
for
his
'novels
of
great
emotional
force',
which
it
said
had
'uncovered
the
abyss
beneath
our
illusory
sense
of
connection
with
the
world'.
The
author
said
that
in
this
age
of
fake
news,
he
initially
didn't
believe
he
had
won,
and
said
the
world
has
entered
a
'very
uncertain
time'.
His
most
famous
novels,
The
Remains
of
the
Day
and
Never
Let
Me
Go,
were
adapted
into acclaimed films and he was made an OBE in 1995
“If
you
mix
Jane
Austen
and
Franz
Kafka
then
you
have
Kazuo
Ishiguro
in
a
nutshell,
but
you
have
to
add
a
little
bit
of
Marcel
Proust
into
the
mix,”
said
Sara
Danius
,
the
p
e
r
m
a
n
e
n
t
secretary of the Swedish Academy and I agree with her.
I
remember
when
I
bought
his
first
book.
I
mean
MY
first
book
written
by
him.
It
cost
45
ghn
(name
of
our
local
money)
and
was
expensive.
I
studied
in
university
and
was
big
fan
of
Japan
literature.
A
Pale
View
of
Hills
was
name
of
story.
This
is
a
beautiful
novel
that
calls
for
patient
and
careful
reading.
I
admire
the
way
it's
constructed.
Ishiguro
is
a
master
storyteller
and
has
an
eloquent
way
with
words.
This
novel
was
lovely,
absorbing,
and
immensely
readable.
It
just
asked
more
questions
than
it
answered.
And
for
someone
that
likes
their
mysteries
nicely
resolved
with
a
bow
on
top,
this was a bit
frustrating.
A
Pale
View
of
Hills
tells
the
story
of
Etsuko,
a
Japanese
woman
now
living
in
England.
Dealing
with
the
recent
suicide
of
her
oldest
daughter,
Etsuko
attempts
to
reconstruct
events
and
figure
out
what
happened
by
dwelling
on
her
past
and
the
time
when
she
was
living
in
war-torn
Nagasaki.
She
recounts
being
pregnant
with
her
daughter,
living
with
a
cold,
domineering
husband, and her strange friendship with a mysterious woman and her young daughter.
Strange
things
happen,
not
everything
is
as
it
appears,
and
the
past
and
the
present
blur
until
they
are
indistinguishable.
By
the
end
of
the
novel,
few
things
are
answered
and
nothing is certain.
On
the
flip
side,
the
book
does
make
you
think
and
I'm
fairly
sure
that
readers
will
all
have different theories and interpretations of the novel's meaning and events.
After
that
book
I
read
The
Remains
of
the
Day.
That
book
tastes
like
dry
red
wine
with
posh
and
sorrow.
And
than
was
An
Artist
of
the
Floating
World.
In
that
book
Kazuo
Ishiguro
offers
readers
of
the
English
language
an
authentic
look
at
postwar
Japan,
"a
floating world" of changing cultural behaviors, shifting societal patterns and troubling questions.
Just
now
I'am
very
happy
that
Nobel
prize
got
someone
who
is
real
interesting
and
decent
author.
Someone
who
can
capture
with
his
story.
Absolutely must read that fall!
JJ’s blog
“I hought it was a hoax'” - Kazuo Ishiguro and Nobel prize 2017
Julia Johnson
Editor in Chief,
journalist, blogger
The
British
author
Kazuo
Ishiguro
has
been
named
winner
of
the
2017
Nobel
prize
in
literature.
He
was
praised
by
the
Swedish
Academy
for
his
'novels
of
great
emotional
force',
which
it
said
had
'uncovered
the
abyss
beneath
our
illusory
sense
of
connection
with
the
world'.
The
author
said
that
in
this
age
of
fake
news,
he
initially
didn't
believe
he
had
won,
and
said
the
world
has
entered
a
'very
uncertain
time'.
His
most
famous
novels,
The
Remains
of
the
Day
and
Never
Let
Me
Go,
were
adapted
into
acclaimed
films and he was made an OBE in 1995
“If
you
mix
Jane
Austen
and
Franz
Kafka
then
you
have
Kazuo
Ishiguro
in
a
nutshell,
but
you
have
to
add
a
little
bit
of
Marcel
Proust
into
the
mix,”
said
Sara
Danius
,
the
permanent
secretary
of
the
Swedish
Academy and I agree with her.
I
remember
when
I
bought
his
first
book.
I
mean
MY
first
book
written
by
him.
It
cost
45
ghn
(name
of
our
local
money)
and
was
expensive.
I
studied
in
university
and
was
big
fan
of
Japan
literature.
A
Pale
View
of
Hills
was
name
of
story.
This
is
a
beautiful
novel
that
calls
for
patient
and
careful
reading.
I
admire
the
way
it's
constructed.
Ishiguro
is
a
master
storyteller
and
has
an
eloquent
way
with
words.
This
novel
was
lovely,
absorbing,
and
immensely
readable.
It
just
asked
more
questions
than
it
answered.
And
for
someone
that
likes
their
mysteries
nicely
resolved
with
a bow on top, this was a bit frustrating.
A
Pale
View
of
Hills
tells
the
story
of
Etsuko,
a
Japanese
woman
now
living
in
England.
Dealing
with
the
recent
suicide
of
her
oldest
daughter,
Etsuko
attempts
to
reconstruct
events
and
figure
out
what
happened
by
dwelling
on
her
past
and
the
time
when
she
was
living
in
war-torn
Nagasaki.
She
recounts
being
pregnant
with
her
daughter,
living
with
a
cold,
domineering
husband,
and
her
strange
friendship
with
a
mysterious
woman and her young daughter.
Strange
things
happen,
not
everything
is
as
it
appears,
and
the
past
and
the
present
blur
until
they
are
indistinguishable.
By
the
end
of
the
novel,
few things are answered and nothing is certain.
On
the
flip
side,
the
book
does
make
you
think
and
I'm
fairly
sure
that
readers
will
all
have
different
theories
and
interpretations
of
the
novel's
meaning and events.
After
that
book
I
read
The
Remains
of
the
Day.
That
book
tastes
like
dry
red
wine
with
posh
and
sorrow.
And
than
was
An
Artist
of
the
Floating
World.
In
that
book
Kazuo
Ishiguro
offers
readers
of
the
English
language
an
authentic
look
at
postwar
Japan,
"a
floating
world"
of
changing
cultural
behaviors,
shifting
societal
patterns
and
troubling
questions.
Just
now
I'am
very
happy
that
Nobel
prize
got
someone
who
is
real
interesting
and
decent
author.
Someone
who
can
capture
with
his
story.
Absolutely must read that fall!
JJ’s blog
“I hought it was a hoax'” -
Kazuo Ishiguro and Nobel
prize 2017
