Book Review 5/5 – Page 2

ノーベル賞を受賞し、日本でもその名が一気に知れ渡ったカズオ・イシグロ。ずいぶん前にNever Let Me Go（日本語版は「わたしを離さないで」）を英語で読んでいて、すごく気に入っていた作家です。 No need to explain who he is. The Nobel prize winner, Kazuo Ishiguro. I have read ‘Never Let Me Go’ before, and it was one of my favourite books. 今作はブッカー賞を受賞した、代表作。 This one, ‘The Remains of the Day’ is his masterpiece, it won the Booker prize. 静かで、情緒ある言葉の流れや空気感が、彼の作品の特徴だと思うのですが、今作はその言葉遣いと、物語の中の風景がぴったりマッチ。SFチックだったNever Let Me Goとは全く違う。まるで、ドラマ ダウントン・アビーの世界にそのまま入り込んだかのような趣のある世界観。 I think his writing is always quite and elegant in style. As well as very atmospheric and nostalgic. The tone of his writing perfectly matches to the personality of the main character, the old British butler. While I read, I felt as if I was seeing and living in a world of Downton Abbey! 主人公の執事がひたすら ひとり語り…

(Book Review / 感想) The Remains of The Day / Kazuo Ishiguro

(Book Review / 感想) All the Light We Cannot See / Anthony Doerr

(Book Review / 感想) Americanah / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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