A review by dena33
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

5.0

Two of my favorite writers happen to be Japanese. I find their style to be musical, brain-altering, and satisfying on a level I can't really describe. Ishiguro and Murakami both seem to write novel after novel, variations on a theme. The Remains of the Day, The Unconsoled, and When We Were Orphans follow the same subtle narrative thread. He seems to be working on something stuck in his craw. I believe When We Were Orphans to be the artistic culmination of this exercise...but the raw psychological power and eerie surrealism in The Unconsoled makes this version my favorite.