Recent Read Books (Jun-Aug)

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

About cloned teenagers and their sense of loss and identity. Gripping and compeling in a simple langauge.

My rating: **** [Chris' Fav!]
Award Mention: The Man Booker Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2005

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A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

On the afterthoughts and reflection of a Japanese woman shaped and hurt by her past in the War. A dilemma we can all share.

My rating: ***1/2
Award Mention: Winifred Holtby Prize of the Royal Society of Literature, 1982

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A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

4 different voices that speak of their journey together - from almost suicide to the decision of self-reconciliation. An interesting and humorous read.

My rating: ***1/2
Award Mention: Costa Novel Award (formerly Whitebread Book Award) Shortlist 2005

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Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham

3 stories linked by 2 protagonists whose lives interwined. The stories bring out questions on the meaning of life and us thro interesting encounters of the protagonists living in the past, present and future.

Elegance infused in the page-turning adventures and journeys of life.

My rating: **** [Chris' Fav!]

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Available in NLB libraries, SP library, and major bookstores