Bookstagram’s Top 10 Books of the 21st Century
When The New York Times Book Review published its list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century earlier this year, thousands of readers reacted with criticism. The post…
The analysis of memory in “A Pale View of Hills”
Because,
Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing;
often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in
which one remembers, and no doubt this applies to
certain of the recollections I have gathered here.
An Artist of the Floating World – The Character of Masuji Ono
Throughout the period of three years, we follow the main character from his childhood years, from his decision to take up painting as a profession to breaking free from traditional Japanese art and producing propaganda work. Like Stevens from The Remains of the Day”, Ono is not a reliable narrator. We are a given only pieces of a puzzle and only if we read between the lines are we on the right path to understand Ono as a man who “wanted so badly to make a grand contribution”, a man who had ambition to produce “work that will be a significant contribution to the people of (our) nation”.
Remains of the Day: Film Adaptation Flaws
One of the most acclaimed novels by Kazuo Ishiguro “The Remains of the Day” is definitely one of the best works of English postmodernist literature. Therefore, it is not surprising that I have been looking forward to watching its film adaptation starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thomson. Unfortunately, the film failed to impress me the way the book had done. In my opinion, there are some unpardonable mistakes, which is what led me to write this brief film review.