Paperback, 544 pages
Published March 3, 2005 by Faber and Faber.
A surrealistic novel on a man who finds himself in a strange city, not knowing what he is doing there, but everyone seems to know him. What is more, he must be important because people ask him for favors. As he goes from encounter to encounter, the man discovers himself.
That thing, where you don't quite fit with your surroundings and you don't understand why? Kazuo Ishiguro is the master at describing that, in this book more than any other.
My favorite Ishiguro. But I should add that it is slow and very strange and probably not for everyone.
The stream of consciousness feeling reminded me of Woolf's To the Lighthouse, which I think helped me continue even during the difficult bits. The feelings that the book evokes are strong, but not always memorable. Ishiguro is a great talent.
A brilliant concatenation of anxiety dreams as novel.(53)
