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The mixed blessings of celebrity and the estrangement from normal life of those who live for art are given haunting emotional and symbolic dimension. This is in most part a slice of life novel as the narrator ono goes through his daily chores all the while reminiscing about his past life as an art student and then as a propaganda artist at the wartime for japan, which in itself is not an intriguing plot. In the unconsoled ishiguro creates a work that is itself a virtuoso performance, strange, haunting, and resonant with humanity and wit. Having been born in japan in nagasaki, he moved to england at a young age, something which has been reflected in his work over the years. From the winner of the nobel prize in literature and author of the booker prizewinning novel the remains of the day. A satire on the idea of creative genius, the book is a meditation on identity, memory, and expectation.
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