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[Ana, compulsive dreamer]

My last book read for WR was "When We Were Orphans", a beautiful, beautiful work of Kazuo Ishiguro. Did anybody else get a chance to get their hands on it?

[Laurentiu, Acta non verba]

I'm gonna read The Pearl in the forthcoming days, will write my impressions here after I finish it. (maybe even later this evening)

[Laurentiu, Acta non verba]

When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

When I told myself that I'll be reading "When we were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro" I believed to be entering myself into a detective novel with mysteries ready to be unveiled, but the big picture here is about the search of identity.

This book started a bit slow, but the pace was picked up as progressing further into the lecture. I kept having mood swings while passing throw the story: from boredom to happiness or annoyance.Nevertheless, the writing mentained an appropiate climax so that my interest won't disappear.

There are some question moving around my head regarding the last chapters in the book where (view spoiler)[ Christopher meets with his old childhood friend, Akira, or does he not? the concern showed in front of the Japanese Colonel while heading back to The Settlement, along with the later statement " I thought he was a friend of mine from my childhood.But now, I'm not so certain. I'm beginning to see now, many things aren't as I supposed." made me think that all this event of traveling along with his old chap as an illusion due to the hardships (hide spoiler)].(view spoiler)[ And all the blindness to everything else except the case of his parents disappearance, still believing them to be there despite the time past. (hide spoiler)] His conviction about his parents fate, annoyed me so much... Kazuo Ishiguro seems to have a talent for hidden messages since I believe that through those attitudes of our character, displayed in the entire book, he tried to send a message. As I stated above the search of identity.

An elegant writing, strange at times and despite the fact that the plot wasn't that interesting, his style made the book very good.

[Cole]

Any book that challenges your few and reality and challnges you mentally . I'm also starting to read ' The Notebook' just to change things up :)