Podcast appearances and mentions of Kazuo Ishiguro

  Thank you for tuning in to Episode 306 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Full show notes with photos can be found on my website. This week's segments included:   Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Brainstorming From the Armchair Some Years Later In my Travels KAL News Events Ask Me Anything On a Happy Note Quote of the Week   Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Stitched by Jessalu, Fibernymph Dye Works & AdoreKnit   Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins   Mayor of Halloween Town Socks Yarn: Woolens & Nosh Targhee Sock in the Mayor of Halloween Town colorway Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page   On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins   Sweetly Striped Hat Pattern: Sweetly Striped Hat by Chit Chat Knits. $4.50 knitting pattern available on Ravelry Yarn: Berroco Vintage in colorway 5185 Tide Pool Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm) & US 8 (5.0 mm) Ravelry Project Page Pattern: Snack Shack Sponsor- Chit Chat Knits- 20 points Project Bag & Notions Pouch- Pro Shop Sponsor The Huckleberry Girl- 40 pts each= 80 points Check out this video on how to do a 1x1 left & right cross without a cable needle from my YouTube Channel Progress: I need one more repeat & will begin crown decreases   Traveler Sweater Pattern: The Traveler by Andrea Mowry ($9 pattern available on Ravelry & the designer's website) Yarn: Hazel Knits Small Batch Sport (90/10 SW/Nylon) Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) & US 4 (3.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Progress: 18 purl ridges done; blocking to see if I have enough of the body knit or if I want to add more length.   Born to Be Mild Socks Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn Plush Sock in the Born to Be Mild Colorway Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Progress- Part of the way through the cuff on sock #2. About the yarn: tan base with browns and robin's egg. It reminds me of a robin's nest.   Game Day Party Socks Yarn: Mandi's Makings SW Merino Fingering Weight Yarn in the Pigskin '25 Exclusive Game Day Party Colorway. Green mini skein for heel from Goosey Fibers (Wizard of Oz Advent Calendar yarn) Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry) Ravelry Project Page Yarn: Pigskin '25 Exclusive- 60 points Progress: just beyond the heel on the first sock   Log Cabin Blanket Pattern: Log Cabin Square by Julie Harrison. Free crochet pattern available on Ravelry. Video tutorial available on the Little Woollie Makes YouTube Channel Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Minis (mostly from Advent calendars 2023 & 2024) Hook: I (5.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Inspired by Rachel (treehousefiberarts on Instagram) and Sue & Chelsea (Legacy Fiber Artz on Instagram). Check out the Floss Toss Ravelry Group for details on their Scrappy Blanket CAL; you do not have to use this pattern. Any scrappy crochet blanket counts. My color placement is inspired by this project/pattern available on Ravelry. The basic idea is that you use 1 main color for Rounds 1 & 3 (center and outer square), and then 4 separate colors for the 4 sides of the middle square) Round 1 & Round 3 done using same colors (2 sock yarns held together)- totals about 22g (11g of each colorway) Contrast Colors: total weight of yarns used (reminder- yarns are held double so I only need half the weight listed for each mini). CC 1 & 2: 2g needed. CC 3 & 4: 4g needed Progress: 9 so far - 2 new ones this month   Hot pink spinning Fiber: Mountain Vewe Coopworths Fiber in hot pink (no specific colorway name)- three 4oz bumps Ravelry Project Page Twist direction: singles = Z plied = S This means when I'm spinning, my wheel is spinning clockwise and when plying my wheel is moving counter-clockwise. Progress: ~3/4 way through first bump. 1st bobbin full and the second is well underway   Brainstorming Check out these designs by our Pigskin Sponsors that call for Super Bulky Yarn- Ravelry Link I may try the Fabled Hat pattern by Maggie of Yarnaceous Fibers-$6 Ravelry pattern or the Copper Foxes Super Bulky cowl by Kacey Knits, a $7 Ravelry Pattern Tiny scarf like the Sophie Scarf (Ravelry Pattern) but I likely won't use a pattern since many of my shawls that are knit side to side start off similarly. Christmas gifts- toys for the littlest of the nieces/nephews. More to come on the next episode.  The Love in Stitches Membership is working on colorwork sweaters and cozies.   From the Armchair The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Amazon Affiliate Link. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Amazon Affiliate Link. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. Amazon Affiliate Link. The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham. Amazon Affiliate Link. The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell. Amazon Affiliate Link.   Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases.   Some Years Later   Mini Skein Hexagon Blanket Pattern: Basic Crochet Hexagon Pattern & Tips from Make Do and Crew Website & YouTube Tutorial Hook: F (3.75 mm) Yarn: Mini skeins from 2022 agirlandherwool Advent Calendar, 24 Days of Cheer Swap minis + other scraps/swap yarn Ravelry Project Page I've been closing the end of each hexagon with this join- link to Instagram post Learned double magic circle from this YouTube video. Update: I took this blanket camping in Vermont, washed it when it came home and many of the centers burst open. So frustrating. I thought the double magic circle was the key but no, perhaps not. I will do a chain/slip stitch beginning moving forward.   In My Travels I shared a bit about our recent trip to Vermont.   KAL News   Pigskin Party '25 Event Dates: KAL Dates- Thursday September 4, 2025- Monday February 9, 2026 Find everything you need in the Start Here Thread in the Ravelry Group Official Rules Registration Form  (you must be Registered to be eligible for prizes) Enter your projects using the Point Tally Form Find the full list of Sponsors in this Google Doc. Coupon Codes are listed in this Ravelry Thread Exclusive Items from our Pro Shop Sponsors are listed in this Ravelry Thread Questions-  ask them in this Ravelry Thread or email Jen at downcellarstudio @ gmail.com Check out this Ravelry Thread with helpful tips for the event, crowd sourced from our incredible players.   Updates In This Episode Our first Official Sponsor of the Quarter is Love in Stitches with Knitty Natty is hosting a Cozy Up Challenge! Check out all of the details in this Ravelry Post. Join Knitty Natty & me for a special zoom hangout Thursday 10/2 at 8p Eastern. Cast on, chat, learn about some of Natalie's cool cozy patterns and have some fun. Use code "PIGSKINPARTY" to save 10% on Natalie's cozy patterns. Details in the Start Here Thread. Official Sponsor for Quarter 2 (November)- Twice Sheared Sheep Official Sponsor for Quarter 3 (December)- Suburban Stitcher Official Sponsor for Quarter 4 (January)- Yarnaceous Fibers The Pink Challenge also kicks off 10/1/25. Check out the challenge details in this Ravelry Thread & don't forget to make an appointment if you're due for a mammogram or other screening. The Charity Challenge is also ready- check out the details in this Ravelry Thread.   Events Vermont Sheep & Wool. October 4 & 5 Indie Untangled. October 17 CAKEpalooza. October 17 A Woolen Affair. October 17 NY Sheep & Wool (aka Rhinebeck). October 18 & 19. Down Cellar Studio Meet up at Saturday 2p at the Pavilion to the left of the beer tent! Come and say hi. The Fiber Festival of New England. November 1 & 2 Sunkissed Fiber Festival: January 24-25, 2026- just outside Tampa, FL   Ask Me Anything   Tune in to hear answers MikkaelaB asked about the Pigskin Party.  Check out the Ask Me Anything Thread in Ravelry to ask a question and hear my answer on an upcoming episode.   On a Happy Note Dinner in Plymouth with my Mom's cousins Adult Ballet Class Vermont Trip Seeing the Mrs. Doubtfire musical Finding out my niece Hattie was cast as Gretl in a local production of The Sound of Music Going to the movies! Laura & I saw The Long Walk, based on a 1979 Stephen King novel Participating in a Clothing Swap & doing second-hand shopping with friends. Raffa Life in Cranston, RI- saunas, steam rooms & cold plunge   Quote of the Week "With every choice, you create the life you'll live; with every decision you design it." Mollie Marti   ------   Thank you for tuning in!   Contact Information: Check out the Down Cellar Studio Patreon! 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In this week's episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel Never Let me Go. Topics include the 20th anniversary of this book, how to classify it, the ethics of cloning for organ harvesting, memory and loneliness, rich people clones, talkin' the title, Kathy as narrator (and carer), and the medical inaccuracies of Grey's Anatomy. Plus, we talk at length about quitting social media. And remember: there's no cow on the ice.This week's drink: Amaretto Sour via Friday Night CocktailsINGREDIENTS:1 ½ ounces amaretto liqueur1 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed1 teaspoon rich simple syrupGarnish: dried orange wheelINSTRUCTIONS:Add amaretto, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker.Add ice and shake until well-chilled.Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.Garnish with a dried orange wheelFor Kayla's variation, add 1 oz of bourbon and an egg white (dry shake first before adding ice and shaking again until chilled)Current/recommended reads, links, etc.:Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment by Niki BrantmarkA Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting by Casey JohnstonThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesFollow us on Instagram @literatureandlibationspod.Visit our website: literatureandlibationspod.com to submit feedback, questions, or your own takes on what we are reading. You can also see what we are reading for future episodes! You can email us at literatureandlibationspod@gmail.com.Please leave us a review and/or rating! It really helps others find our podcast…and it makes us happy!Purchase books via bookshop.org or check them out from your local public library. Join us next time as we read Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch

Welcome to another special edition of How to Fail, where I revisit conversations from the How to Fail archives. Each week, we shine a light on a particular theme, hopefully offering inspiration, perspective and comfort through the words of past guests. This week's theme is on writing - appropriately, because my new book ‘One of Us' is out this week (25th September)! So it felt only fair that I re-shared a couple of my favourite authors who have guested on How to Fail in the past. First up, you'll hear from Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, whose episode originally aired in March 2021. He shares thoughtful reflections on creativity, memory and the way stories help us explore both truth and imagination. Then, we turn to Salman Rushdie, in an excerpt from our original conversation back in June 2024, where he discusses his extraordinary book ‘Knife' and reflects on the role of stories in making sense of life's most difficult moments. I hope these highlights remind you of the power of storytelling, not only as a means of escape but also as a way to process, connect and endure Listen to Salman Rushdie's full episode of How to Fail here: https://link.chtbl.com/OE63hsrn Listen to Kazuo Ishiguro's full episode of How to Fail here: https://link.chtbl.com/zu0kLq-0

In this episode, Trevor and Paul turn their attention to Nobel Prize–winner Kazuo Ishiguro, whose eight novels over the past forty years have earned both admiration and debate. Together, we trace Ishiguro's remarkable range: the restrained heartbreak of Remains of the Day, the dream-logic labyrinth of The Unconsoled, the quiet devastation of Never Let Me Go, the ambitious allegory of The Buried Giant, and the AI exploration of Klara and the Sun. Along the way, we weigh Ishiguro's signature themes of memory, regret, art, and the stories we tell ourselves—and ask what makes him one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature, even when his experiments don't always succeed.Whether you're a longtime devotee or just curious where to begin, we hope you'll join us for a conversation about masterpieces and misfires.We've got some fantastic author-focused episodes lined up for the foreseeable future, and we want to give you plenty of time to dive in if you'd like to read along with us. These episodes come around every ten episodes, and with our bi-weekly release schedule, you'll have a few months to get ready for each. Here's what we have in store:* Episode 125: Flannery O'Connor* Episode 135: William Faulkner* Episode 145: Elizabeth Taylor* Episode 155: Naguib MahfouzThere's no rush—take your time, and grab a book (or two, or three) so you're prepared for these as they come!Join the Mookse and the Gripes on DiscordWant to share your thoughts on these upcoming authors or anything else we're discussing? Join us over on Discord! It's the perfect place to dive deeper into the conversation—whether you're reading along with our author-focused episodes or just want to chat about the books that are on your mind.We're also just now in our second novella book club, where we're reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. It's a fantastic book, and we'd love to have you join the discussion. It's a great space to engage with fellow listeners, share your insights, and discover new perspectives on the books you're reading.ShownotesWhat are we reading?* Paul: A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry* Trevor: The Ice Palace, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Elizabeth RokkanBooks by Kazuo Ishiguro* A Pale View of Hills* An Artist of the Floating World* The Remains of the Day* The Unconsoled* When We Were Orphans* Never Let Me Go* The Buried Giant* Klara and the SunThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a bookish conversation hosted by Paul and Trevor. Every other week, we explore a bookish topic and celebrate our love of reading. We're glad you're here, and we hope you'll continue to join us on this literary journey!A huge thank you to those who help make this podcast possible! If you'd like to support us, you can do so via Substack or Patreon. Subscribers receive access to periodic bonus episodes and early access to all new episodes. Plus, each supporter gets their own dedicated feed, allowing them to download episodes a few days before they're released to the public. We'd love for you to check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

[Romance] Resenha do livro “When we were orphans” (tradução livre: “Quando éramos órfãos”), de Kazuo Ishiguro. O texto escrito está nesse link.Christopher Banks, sonha em ser um grande detetive em Londres, no começo do século XX. O objetivo é desvendar o desaparecimento dos seus pais em Shangai, quando ele tinha 10 anos de idade.A questão é que nem tudo é o que parece. Nem mesmo o nosso protagonista!A boa notícia é que tem em português; para garantir o seu exemplar na Amazon do Brasil, é só clicar nesse link.Você pode ouvir as resenhas dos outros livros do autor clicando nos links:  O Gigante Enterrado, Clara e o Sol e Não me Abandone Jamais.

In this week's episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Christopher Buehlman's 2012 novel Between Two Fires. Topics include delicious cocktails we had in California, how this book came on our radar, our appreciation of the writing and language used, the horrors unleashed (and how extra they are), the devastation of the Black Death, Heaven vs. Hell (and religion vs. science), and our motley band of heroes. Plus, we try to parse the true nature of Delphine (God?). And we, inevitably, talk religion. This week's drink: WineINGREDIENTS:1 bottle of your favorite wineINSTRUCTIONS:Open the bottle, pour into a glass, and drink until you forget the horrors around youCurrent/recommended reads, links, etc.:Tilt by Emma PatteeNew season of The Great British Baking ShowFollow us on Instagram @literatureandlibationspod.Visit our website: literatureandlibationspod.com to submit feedback, questions, or your own takes on what we are reading. You can also see what we are reading for future episodes! You can email us at literatureandlibationspod@gmail.com.Please leave us a review and/or rating! It really helps others find our podcast…and it makes us happy!Purchase books via bookshop.org or check them out from your local public library. Join us next time as we read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Kürzlich stolperte ich über diese Liste mit "Fünf Must-Read Büchern" und diesmal ging es um "Science Fiction, empfohlen von Wissenschaftlern". Nerd, der ich bin, hatte ich vier davon schon gelesen und irgendetwas bewog mich dazu, mich der Lobpreisungen der Anne Findeisen zu erinnern und, obwohl bisher enttäuscht, sagte ich mir, gehen wir also nochmal in einen Kazuo Ishiguro rein, ich meine, der Mann ist Literaturnobelpreisträger. Der Name des empfohlenen Werkes: "Klara und die Sonne".Wie es sich (für mich) gehört, ohne das Lesen von Klappentexten, Einführungen oder gar Rezensionen, wusste ich nicht im Ansatz, worum es geht, doch mit ein bisschen Detektei war bald klar, "KF"s, wie die zunächst hauptsächlich handelnden Personen genannt werden, sind keine solche - es sind Künstliche Freunde, in einem Spezialgeschäft zum Kauf angebotene Androiden, gedacht als Begleiter für die Kinder reicher, wohlangesehener, berufstätiger Menschen.Wir verstehen, das Konzept der KFs muss eingeführt werden, wir lernen zwei Exemplare kennen, die eine etwas dumm und desinteressiert, die andere, Klara die künftige Hauptheldin, hyperaufmerksam und ungewöhnlich intelligent, wir sehen die Welt durch ihre Augen, ein enger Straßenausschnitt, ein Hochhaus, eine Baumaschine; aber die vierte Beschreibung des beschränkten Ausschnittes einer Straßenszenerie aus der Sicht der künstlich freundlichen Schaufensterpuppen ist nicht interessanter als die dritte. Wann geht's nun endlich los?Schlussendlich, ein paar dutzend Seiten im Buch, wird KF Klara gekauft, von der Mutter von Josie und es kommt leicht Fahrt in die Geschichte und damit wir hier nicht ins Spoilertrauma geraten, lassen wir diese im Buch geschehen und nicht in der Rezension und kommen zur viel, viel interessanteren Frage:Ist Herr Falschgold ein Zoni aus dem literarischen Hinterland?Man muss nicht jeden Literaturnobelpreisträger kennen und schon gar nicht jedes Preisträger Biografie studieren, aber man kann schon wissen, dass nicht jeder Schriftsteller mit einem japanischen Namen aus Japan kommt, point in case, Kazuo Ishiguro. Der wuchs in England auf und schreibt schon immer auf Englisch, was die Frage des Herrn FG nach der Ursache der seltsam schlechten Übersetzung des Romans aus dem Japanischen zunächst in eine herrlich peinliche Richtung führte. Das diskutierte er gottlob mit sich selbst und seinen verschiedenen Suchmaschinen- und AI-Chatbot-Abonnements, die ihm, wie sich das für derlei Geräte in 2025, wie für die KFs im Buch, gehört, zunächst in allen seinen Meinungen und Vorurteilen bestätigten: Ja, sagte Claude, im Japanischen gibt man Kleidungsstücken gerne einmal Eigenschaften wie "hochgestellt", was ja eher den Träger charakterisiert und das ist zweifellos schwer übersetzbar, ergo, so die KI, ein "hochgestellter Anzug" sollte nicht so genannt werden! Dass es im Deutschen die durchaus gebräuchliche Bezeichnung "vornehm", zum Beispiel bei einem Kostüm gibt, kam weder der LLM noch dem Rezensenten in den Sinn, das hätte ja die Grundannahme in Frage gestellt.Was nichts an der Tatsache ändert, dass ich mit der deutschen Übersetzung, vermeintlich aus dem Japanischen, überhaupt nicht zu Rande gekommen bin. Ja, ich schob es auf die Inkompatibilität des Japanischen zu westlichen Sprachen und hatte mich aufgrund dieser Annahme bewusst entschlossen, die deutsche Übersetzung zu lesen - warum soll man ein Buch sprachlich zweimal verschieben, einmal von der Übersetzerin und ein zweites Mal im Kopf? Aber so unlesbar war das Werk, dass ich denn doch mal die englische Version holte, um zu schauen, ob dort besser gearbeitet wurde und stoße dann auf die offensichtliche Information, dass "Barbara Schaden[..] den Roman "Klara und die Sonne" von Kazuo Ishiguro aus der englischen Sprache ins Deutsche übersetzt…" hat.Ok, da wird vieles klarer, denn das starre Subjekt-Prädikat-Objekt des Englischen und die generelle Abneigung dem Schachtelsatz gegenüber machen das vermeintlich japaneske Stakkato der Sätze erklärbarer und wenn man die dann genauso fantasielos und ohne Rücksicht auf Wortwiederholungen ins Deutsche prügelt, kommt das raus, was der Leser der deutschen Übersetzung von "Klara und die Sonne" durchleiden muss: Starre, unnatürliche Formulierungen, die grammatikalisch sicher richtig sind, aber so im Deutschen nicht gesprochen werden. Denn Kazuo Ishiguro schreibt ein seltsames Englisch. Zumindest in "Klara und die Sonne". Er scheut die Wiederholung nicht, er schreibt der Sonne ein Geschlecht zu, was im Englischen möglich, aber höchst ungewöhnlich ist (und für deutsche Ohren umso mehr, als dass diese im Englischen männlich beartikelt wird). Es werden angesprochene Personen im Satz in die dritte Person gesetzt, es werden ausgedachte Eigennamen eingeführt und bleiben unerklärt.Nachdem es mir ein paar Tage auf der Zunge lag und im Hinterkopf hin- und herschepperte, kam ich dann drauf, an welches Buch mich das Ganze erinnert: An das letztens hier besprochene "Narrenschiff" von Christoph Hein. Ok, "recency bias" heißt das in der Fachsprache, es gibt sicher bessere Beispiele, aber die Beschreibungen der Welt von Klara und ihrer Sonne sind für mich als, vielleicht hinterwäldlerischen Zoni, so steif und formalistisch, so unverständlich wie für einen Wessi die Nomenklatura, die Begriffe, die Namen in der DDR. Und während ich bei Christoph Hein die "Kunstsprache" SED-Deutsch verteidigt habe, oder wenigstens zu "Kunst" erklärt, tu ich mich hier schwer. Ja, Kazuo Ishiguro will uns eine Welt nahebringen, in der künstliche Helfer genetisch verbesserte Kinder in einer streng hierarchischen Gesellschaft betreuen und dass diese künstlichen Helfer nicht den größten intellektuellen Spielraum und -willen haben, will vermittelt sein. Es ist ein wenig wie die Erzählung einer Welt aus der Sicht und mit der Sprache eines Kindes. Kann man machen, aber mir verdirbt das den Lesegenuss.Wie angedeutet, besonders unverständlich im zweifachen Sinne sind die Eigennamen. Da gibt es Bürogebäude, Baumaschinen, Universitäten, die ausgedacht sind, aber real sein könnten, so real, dass man sie kurz googelt und merkt, dass Ishiguro das auch getan und englisch klingende Namen solange variiert hat, bis er keine Ergebnisse mehr gefunden hat. Ok, kann man machen. Aber dann sollte man doch irgendeinen Hinweis hinterlassen, was diese "Atlas Brookings” Uni darstellen soll, in die ein Nebenheld aufgenommen werden möchte: ist es eher Oxford oder Berkeley, Yale oder Stanford. Genau die gleiche Frage stellt sich, wenn ein Gebäude zehnmal im Buch erwähnt wird, sodass man als Leser denken muss, dass das irgendwie wichtig wäre. Aber nichts wird erklärt, kein Kontext nirgendwo.Ich habe am Ende sogar gecheckt, ob "Klara und die Sonne" vielleicht Teil einer Buchreihe ist, wo man voraussetzen kann, dass die Leserin weiß, was die Eigennamen bedeuten. Nein, ist es nicht, es wird einfach nicht erklärt und man liest als Leser immer ahnungsloser durch einen Roman, der keinen Sinn ergibt. Das betrifft nicht nur Eigennamen. Auch die Verben "gehoben" und "ungehoben" ("lifted/unlifted" im Englischen) als Adjektiv für Kinder, bleiben bis weit nach der Hälfte des Romans unerklärt, was eine künstlerische Entscheidung ist, nur halt keine gute - speziell, wenn man das dann in einer Übersetzung liest und davon ausgehen muss, dass hier Sinn verloren gegangen ist.Dazu kommen fragwürdige Entscheidungen im Setting: Jede Fiktion braucht ein klein wenig Übersehen von Lücken in Konzeption oder Handlung, aber ein KI-gesteuerter Android in der Zukunft, der ein Telefon als solches nicht erkennt und es Rechteck nennt, ist ein bisschen viel verlangt. Mütter, Kinder, Väter schauen in ihre Rechtecke, Gartentore sind Bilderrahmen, harmlose Baumaschinen die Ursache globaler Umweltverschmutzung und so wird dann der Weg bereitet, dass der solarbetriebene Android die Sonne für einen Gott hält, dem es, wenn man ihm nur genug Opfer bringt, ein Leichtes ist, ein todsterbenskrankes Kind zu retten (sorry für den Spoiler). Klingt als Elevatorpitch irgendwie stimmig, nach 350 Seiten weiß man dann - leider nur als dieser.Dabei wäre das Ganze zu retten gewesen, die Story ist eine hervorragende Basis für philosophische Betrachtungen. Nicht nur über Künstliche Intelligenz und deren Servilität und dem Nach-dem-Mund-reden. Wie wir (viel zu spät) lernen, sind alle "gehobenen" Kinder genetisch verbessert, warum nimmt der Autor diesen Handlungsstrang nicht auf? Und es dienen in der Buchwelt Androiden nicht nur der Kinderbetreuung, sondern haben auch viele Menschen arbeitslos gemacht (wir lernen das buchstäblich in einem Nebensatz und hören nie wieder davon). Und man kann und muss über die Normalisierung unser aller Interaktionen mit künstlichen Intelligenzen sprechen, siehe oben, was, zugegeben, im Jahr 2020 noch kein etabliertes Phänomen war, aber, Kazuo Ishiguro schreibt hier Science Fiction, wie toll wäre es gewesen, wäre er darauf gekommen!All das passiert nicht, die Sprache ist anstrengend, die Story nicht inspiriert, der Tiefgang, er fehlt. Was uns leider zu einem harten Urteil führt: Man muss "Klara und die Sonne" weder wegen der Story noch der Sprache lesen und auch die philosophischen Ideen muss die Leserin leider in sich selbst finden und das geht einfacher draußen, unter der realen Sonne, solange sie noch scheint, als in ein Buch versunken, welches keine dieser Ideen aufnimmt.Sehr schade. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lobundverriss.substack.com

Ishiguro season is done now that we've reached 2022's Klara and the Sun, the heartwarming story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about Anime, for Satan. Music by https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/changelings

It is time for Ryan and Crofton to examine the addictive video game drugs of the kid world: Minecraft and ROBLOX. But they are not the experts and invite Gwen and Kayden to visit and explain the appeal of these blocky games. Meanwhile, Crofton tries to get some points in the DaD competition by reading Kazuo Ishiguro's seminal novel Never Let You Go where Ryan goes back to the theatre to watch the latest version of The Fantastic Four. All of that and they both play the same video game at the same time (Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, not Final Fantasy). Come listen!DiscussionStart - Crofton Fixed a Controller7:06 - Dungeons1:03:11 - Minecraft and ROBLOXHave a question or comment for the show? Email the show at dad@tgistudios.com!Intro and Outro Music Credit"Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Všechno, co jsem v červnu přečetla a všechno, co mě zaujaloz vydaných novinek. Pokud mi chcete sdělit vaše tipy na čtení nebo cokolivjiného, najdete mě na instagramu jako @les.slov :)Přečetla jsem: -         Toulání – Mariko Tamaki -         Kniha, kterou posypal hvězdný prach – Nora Eckhardtová-         Aha! Rodičovství – Sourozenci – Laura Markham-         Šach a mat – Ali Hazelwood-         Dva životy – Ewald Arenz-         Volání kukačky – Robert Galbraith-         Kouzelné přání – Chris Colfer -         Gloria – Timothée de Fombelle -         Mechanika lásky – Alexene Farol Follmuth -         Mateřství – Sheila Heti-         Neopouštěj mě – Kazuo Ishiguro -         I´m Glad My Mum Died – Jennette McCurdy-         Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly and Joe discuss the future of Net Zero, the US-EU energy trade deal, and questions of energy data transparency. // Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is VP Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Reading Recommendations: - Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union, by Vladislav M. Zubok: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300268171/collapse/ - The Buried Giant: A Novel, by Kazuo Ishiguro: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-buried-giant-a-novel/9780345809414.html // Interview recording Date: July 29, 2025 // Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. // Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Sharing my thoughts on Kazuo Ishiguro's ‘Never Let Me Go' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes:  Never Let Me Go –  Affiliate Link Dark Tales – Affiliate Link Pat's StoryGraph account Patrick MacFarlane (@patmacfarlane_) / X

Sharing my thoughts on Kazuo Ishiguro's ‘Never Let Me Go' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes:  Never Let Me Go -  Affiliate Link Dark Tales - Affiliate Link Pat's StoryGraph account Patrick MacFarlane (@patmacfarlane_) / X The Libertarian Institute

We made it - the podcast's personal favourite Kazuo Ishiguro book, The Buried Giant. It turns out a book about memory and genocide is kind of relevant to the world today, but we set it as part of Ishiguro's grand project of showing how Britain is bad and should sink below the waves. Music by Planning for Burial Theme tune by Caina

[Ficção] Resenha do livro “Never let me go” de Kazuo Ishiguro. O texto escrito está nesse link.O pano de fundo dessa história é uma distopia, mas não é o tema central. Aqui o autor fala sobre a amizade, e como esse sentimento pode ser mais profundo e significativo que todos os outros que um ser humano possa experimentar. É triste, mas é lindo. Faz a gente pensar muito. Ishiguro não ganhou o Nobel de Literatura à toa.Em português foi traduzido como “Não me abandone jamais” e está disponível aqui na Amazon do Brasil.Lembrando que você pode ouvir todos os episódios, fazer buscas, comentar e comprar o livro nesse link: www.minhaestantecolorida.com

Based on the book of the same name, by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go is a 2011 film starring Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield. Joe & Adam dive into: what is a sci-fi? Was the indie scene spared Garfield when he became Spiderman? And does Mulligan have it? Plus more.

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När Kazuo Ishiguro fick litteraturpriset skrev Svenska Akademien i prismotiveringen att hans verk blottar ”avgrunden under vår skenbara hemhörighet i världen.” Oavsett om det handlar om en strikt butler, en naiv robot eller klonade tonåringar så tar litteraturpristagaren Kazuo Ishiguros böcker oss in i andra världar där vi sakta småningom förstår att saker inte är som de verkar – och i det här samtalet berättar författaren David Lagercrantz om varför Ishiguro är en av hans favoritförfattare.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robots, Gene-Wolfe-style, but written by Kazuo Ishiguro.Support the network and gain access to over fifty bonus episodes by becoming a patron on ⁠Patreon⁠.Want more science fiction in your life? Check out ⁠The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast⁠.Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on ⁠Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast⁠.Lovecraft? Poe? Check out ⁠Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast⁠.Trekker? Join us on ⁠Lower Decks: A Star Trek Podcast⁠.Want to know more about the Middle Ages? Subscribe to ⁠Agnus: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Podcast⁠.

A pale view of hills by Kei Ishikawa, at UCR in Cannes 78, is Kazuo Ishiguro's novel's screen adaptation. The post “A pale view of hills”, interview with director Kei Ishikawa appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

Möt Kazuo Ishiguro i en exklusiv intervju från Cannes Filmfestival där filmatiseringen av hans debutroman A pale view of hills visas. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Kazuo Ishiguro berättar om sin roll i filmatiseringen av hans böcker och om kärleken till filmen. Han berättar också om vad som kan förstöra en filmatiseringen av en bok.Reporter: Björn Jansson.

Steven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy.As Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father's friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve's childhood—his parents' legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals another layer of his father's past, another insight into his disappearance. Yet with every revelation, his father becomes more difficult to recognize. And, with every insight, Steve must confront truths about his own life.Rich in atmosphere, and with a stunningly sure-footed emotional compass, The Imagined Life: A Novel (Knopf, 2025) is a probing, nostalgic novel about the impossibility of understanding one's parents, about first loves and failures, about lost innocence, about the unbreakable bonds between a father and a son. Andrew Porter is the author of the short story collections The Disappeared and The Theory of Light and Matter and a previous novel, In Between Days. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has received a Pushcart Prize, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship, and the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction. His work has appeared in One Story, Ploughshares, American Short Fiction, Narrative, and elsewhere. He currently teaches fiction writing and directs the creative writing program at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Recommended Books: Paul. Lisicky, Songs So Wild and Blue Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Elita Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Steven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy.As Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father's friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve's childhood—his parents' legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals another layer of his father's past, another insight into his disappearance. Yet with every revelation, his father becomes more difficult to recognize. And, with every insight, Steve must confront truths about his own life.Rich in atmosphere, and with a stunningly sure-footed emotional compass, The Imagined Life: A Novel (Knopf, 2025) is a probing, nostalgic novel about the impossibility of understanding one's parents, about first loves and failures, about lost innocence, about the unbreakable bonds between a father and a son. Andrew Porter is the author of the short story collections The Disappeared and The Theory of Light and Matter and a previous novel, In Between Days. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has received a Pushcart Prize, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship, and the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction. His work has appeared in One Story, Ploughshares, American Short Fiction, Narrative, and elsewhere. He currently teaches fiction writing and directs the creative writing program at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Recommended Books: Paul. Lisicky, Songs So Wild and Blue Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Elita Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy.As Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father's friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve's childhood—his parents' legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals another layer of his father's past, another insight into his disappearance. Yet with every revelation, his father becomes more difficult to recognize. And, with every insight, Steve must confront truths about his own life.Rich in atmosphere, and with a stunningly sure-footed emotional compass, The Imagined Life: A Novel (Knopf, 2025) is a probing, nostalgic novel about the impossibility of understanding one's parents, about first loves and failures, about lost innocence, about the unbreakable bonds between a father and a son. Andrew Porter is the author of the short story collections The Disappeared and The Theory of Light and Matter and a previous novel, In Between Days. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has received a Pushcart Prize, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship, and the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction. His work has appeared in One Story, Ploughshares, American Short Fiction, Narrative, and elsewhere. He currently teaches fiction writing and directs the creative writing program at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Recommended Books: Paul. Lisicky, Songs So Wild and Blue Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Elita Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Kazuo Ishiguro season continues with maybe his least known, maybe his least liked work: Nocturnes. Sitting between the mega-hit Never Let Me Go and the critical blockbuster The Buried Giant, this book is often overlooked and, maybe, it kind of deserves to be? But first, we talk GAMING - specifically Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, because our woke Marxist schools taught us that everything is a text. Music by Hedvig Mollestad Trio, theme tune by Caina.

Whether you're a library reader, a used bookstore connoisseur, or just buy books faster than you read ‘em, this episode is for you! We're chatting about the backlist books (AKA books released over 1 year ago) on our TBR.    Olivia's List Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin (2020) Seawife by Amity Gaige (2020) Godshot by Chelsea Bieker (2020) The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (2018) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (1993) Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1998) Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy (2020) Ghosts by Dolly Alderton (2020) Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (2019)   Becca's List Greenlights by Matthew McConaghey (2020) Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiney (2021) Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (2020) Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (2001) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin (1978) Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1956) American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (2008) Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand (2019) or Summer People (2003) Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors (2022)   Listener Reccomendations The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (2018) The Country Club Murders (Book 1 The Deep End by Julie Mulhern) The Cave Dwellers by Christina McDowell Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal  Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See Geek Love by Katherine Dunn The Good Part by Sophie Cousens  Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas   Obsessions Becca - Maybe Happy Ending musical Olivia - Walks + Merlin bird ID app   What we read this week Becca - Maggie; Or A Man and a Woman Walk Into A Bar by Katie Yee (7/24) Olivia - She Used To Be Nice by Alexia LaFata (8/12), The Colony by Annika Norlin   This Month's Book Club Pick - Audition by Katie Kitamura (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns Wayfair - Shop a huge selection of outdoor furniture online at wayfair.com   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.    

Kazuo Ishiguro construye una distopía íntima y silenciosa, donde los personajes crecen bajo reglas que no comprenden del todo, pero que aceptan con una docilidad inquietante. En Nunca me abandones, el amor, la memoria y la dignidad persisten incluso cuando la vida parece escrita por otros. Una historia que no golpea con estridencia, sino que hiere con lo que sugiere y deja en la sombra.

It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, Never Let Me Go. Jeff and Rebecca recorded this episode diving into the book and movie in 2022. To listen to the whole episode, sign up to become a member of The Book Riot podcast Patreon. You'll get new bonus episodes as they publish, as well as access to all the bonus stuff we've done so far. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deze keer kijkt Annette samen met politiek verslaggever van Nieuwsuur Arjan Noorlander en NRC-buitenlandchef Stéphane Alonso naar de positie van Nederland in Europa. Hebben we nog wel wat te zeggen aan de Brusselse onderhandelingstafel? Sinds de herverkiezing van Trump is pijnlijk duidelijk dat Europa voor haar verdediging niet meer blind kan rekenen op steun van de Verenigde Staten. De dreiging van Rusland wordt in Brussel steeds sterker gevoeld. Hoe zit dat in Den Haag, nu er zo veel discussie is over de Europese herbewapening?Tips en verwijzingen uit deze aflevering:Arjan tipt ‘Klara en de zon' van Kazuo Ishiguro https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/klara-en-de-zon/9300000111157422/ Stéphane raadt ‘Ik heb nog nooit gelogen' aan, de biografie over Hugo Brandt Corstius door Elsbeth Ettyhttps://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/ik-heb-nog-nooit-gelogen/9300000182264180/ Redacteur Annelies las ‘Retourtje Brussel' van Mendeltje van Keulen en Chris Aalberts https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/retourtje-brussel/9300000116829805/ Annette van Soest is host van Café Europa en presentator voor o.a. Haagsch College en Follow the MoneyArjan Noorlander is politiek verslaggever voor NieuwsuurStéphane Alonso is buitenlandchef voor NRCDe podcast Café Europa is een initiatief van Haagsch College en Studio Europa MaastrichtDeze podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Nieuwspoort.

Kazuo Ishiguro's most popular novel is as relevant today as when it was published 20 years ago.--When it was published in 2005, Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go was acclaimed by critics and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Twenty years on – having been adapted for stage and screen and adopted as a set text for schools – it is Ishiguro's most read work, and is considered a modern classic.Why does this profoundly settling book continue to absorb us? And what does it tell us about the role novels play in helping us grapple with the ethical dilemmas created by advances in science and technology?The critic David Sexton has been re-reading Never Let Me Go and joins Tom Gatti on the Culture from the New Statesman to discuss the impact of Ishiguro's most popular work.RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODE: Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize, Samantha Harvey, on her novel Orbital - and how "political choices are sculpting the surface of the earth"https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/culture-podcast/2024/11/booker-prize-winner-samantha-harvey-political-choices-are-sculpting-the-surface-of-the-earthREADDavid's essay: Kazuo Ishiguro's everyday dystopiahttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2025/03/kazuo-ishiguro-never-let-me-go-everyday-dystopiaGO AD-FREESubscribers can listen to all episodes ad-free in the New Statesman app: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/new-statesman-magazine/id610498525Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.progressivemediagroup.newstatesman&hl=en_GB&gl=US&pli=1SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERGet the best of our reporting direct to your inbox every weekend with The Saturday Read.Sign up at saturdayread.substack.comBECOME A SUBSCRIBERFull access from £8.99 per month: https://secure.newstatesman.com/offer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Draegon Grey reads Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Listen and allow Draegon Grey to bring you into the world of Kazuo Ishiguro. The main character Kathy tells the history of the school Hailsham. Visit Spotify for more podcasts, readings and music.

Our guest this week is Rali Chorbadzhiyska, from Rali Editorial (@reading.rali) as she picks her five books to be castaway with. Her picks encompass both thought-provoking and entertaining reads and a range of unconventional narrative forms. They would be perfect for readers who enjoy authors like Haruki Murakami, Jean-Paul Sartre, or Kazuo Ishiguro, with an appreciation for books that range from whimsical or surreal to deeply psychological and philosophical.Join the Books to Last Podcast, where book lovers share their top 5 must-read books for a dream getaway. Inspired by BBC's Desert Island Discs, each episode features fun stories, book recommendations, and heartfelt conversations. Tune in for inspiring tales and discover your next great read!Guest Details:Instagram: @reading.raliWebsite: https://www.ralieditorial.com/Podcast:W: https://anchor.fm/bookstolastpodTwitter: @BooksToLastPodInstagram: @BooksToLastPodMusic by DAYLILY@daylilyuk on Instagramhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/31logKBelcPBZMNhUmU3Q6Spoiler WarningBooks Discussed:The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryUnder the Skin by Michel FaberAdam by Gboyega OdubanjoSchool of Life: Relationships: Learning to Love by The School of LifeYou Deserve Each Other by Sarah HogleThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt VonnegutWivenhoe by Samuel FisherOrbital by Samantha Harvey

32: She's not good at counting, but she can read! Let's recap my reading list from 2024, starting with books I loathed to books I loved. Consider this my Goodreads: https://margotlee.substack.com/p/consider-this-my-goodreadsList spoler below:16)Memory Piece by Lisa Ko15)Delicious! by Ruth Reichel14)Cleopatra and Frankenstein 13)The Guest by Emma Kline12)M Train by Patti Smith 11)Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 10)Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus9)Legends and Lattes by Yravis Baldree8)The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue7)The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Phillipp Sendeker6)The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 5)All Fours by Miranda July4)The Giver by Lois Lowry3)The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O/Farrell 2)The Seven Spiritual Laws to Success by Deepak Chopra1)The Bee Sting by Paul MurrayFind me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margot.lee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MargotLeeNo Particular Order Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noparticularorder/ No Particular Order Shop: https://noparticularorder.co/

I denne episoden snakker vi om Derek Thompsons artikkel The Anti-Social Century, nylig publisert i det amerikanske tidsskriftet The Atlantic. Vi diskuterer ensomhet, både av den selvvalgte og den ufrivillige sorten, hva som gjør oss lykkelige, hva slags sosiale behov vi har og hvordan vi dekker disse i dagens kultur. Hva er det som får oss til å føle oss ensomme, kan sosiale media fungere symptomdempende på denne ensomheten, og hva slags adferdsmønstre tilbyr den kulturen vi lever i for å overkomme eller takle ensomhet? Og hvorfor er det å takle stress ikke noe vi mennesker gjør individuelt, men en sosial aktivitet? Hvorfor er det vanskeligere enn vi tror å koble av helt alene? Vi snakker også om hvorfor middagsselskaper er mindre vanlige nå enn før (men er dette sant?), hvordan infrastruktur kan støtte eller undergrave våre sosiale behov, nytten av ritualer for sosialisering, religion, spillkafeer og at gammeldans har blitt populært igjen blant unge.  To bøker som ikke ble nevnt i episoden, men som absolutt burde ha blitt det er romanen Klara and the sun av Kazuo Ishiguro, og den fantastiske selvhjelpsboken for foreldre, The Idle Parent av Tom Hodgkinson. Begge bøkene omhandler direkte mange av de tingene beskrevet i Thompsons artikkel.  Nevnt i episoden:  Derek Thompson, The Anti-Social Century, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/ Theo Von om porno, intervju med Scott Galloway, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W28jtvkjlpU  NRK artikkel om gutt som overtrente, https://www.nrk.no/sport/xl/niels-_15_-ma-ha-sjokomelk-og-dessert_-_-tenkte-jeg-bare-var-stol-1.17211522  Dag Solstad, Svik. Førkrigsår (1977) ---------------------------- Logoen vår er laget av Sveinung Sudbø, se hans arbeider på originalkopi.com Musikken er av Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen, se facebooksiden Nygrenda Vev og Dur for mer info. ----------------------------  Takk for at du hører på. Ta kontakt med oss på larsogpaal@gmail.com Det finnes ingen bedre måte å få spredt podkasten vår til flere enn via dere lyttere, så takk om du deler eller forteller andre om oss.  Både Lars og Pål skriver nå på hver sin blogg, med litt varierende regelmessighet. Du finner dem på disse nettsidene: https://paljabekk.com/ https://larssandaker.blogspot.com/   Alt godt, hilsen Lars og Pål

Cesky and Panda discuss The Garden by Nick Newman (released February 18, 2025). Described as "A darkly beautiful, eerie, hypnotic novel about two elderly sisters living alone at the edge of the world." Perhaps a more appropriate read for fans of The Road by Cormac McCarthy or Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. But don't expect much sff aspects to the story.Disclaimer: We received an ARC of The Garden from NetGalleyMusic: Galactic Damages by Jingle PunksDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/greenteampod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.net/@greenteampod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Reddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Hey friends, in a world that feels like it's constantly throwing storms, floods, and fires our way (both literal and metaphorical), I want to share something that's been a true refuge for me – reading. Today I'm highlighting two books that have been a balm for my soul: Daniel Mason's "Northwoods," a beautiful story spanning centuries on a plot of Massachusetts land, and Kazuo Ishiguro's "Clara and the Sun," a fascinating exploration of artificial friends and human connection. For my complete reading list, drop me a note at hello@kellycorrigan.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How has a writer known principally for his contained domestic novels come to represent the most dynamic elements of world literature? In Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature (Bloomsbury, 2025), Chris Holmes expands our understanding of how world literature engages with the most pressing crises of the 20th and 21st centuries by examining Ishiguro's fascination with characters who are profoundly constrained in their ability to understand global systems to which they are subject. Rather than following the established pattern of so-called global novels, which crisscross the planet exhibiting a knowing cosmopolitanism, Ishiguro's fictional engagement with the world comes principally in the form of characters who are cut off from the global systems that abuse them. By examining the ways in which Ishiguro foregrounds the in-process thinking of those who fail to comprehend their place in the flow of politics, culture, and ideas, Holmes positions Ishiguro as the great chronicler of everyday lives, and as such, prepares a mode of reading world literature that questions the assumptions for how we live and think with others when each of us is deeply limited. Chris Holmes is Associate Professor and Chair of Literatures in English at Ithaca College. He is the host of the literary interview podcast, Burned by Books, and he is host and co-producer on Novel Dialogue, the podcast of the Society of Novel Studies, both of which are New Books Network partners. His most recent essays appear in NOVEL, MFS, Critique, and Public Books. Caroline Levine is David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of the Humanities at Cornell University. She is the author most recently of The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis, and Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How has a writer known principally for his contained domestic novels come to represent the most dynamic elements of world literature? In Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature (Bloomsbury, 2025), Chris Holmes expands our understanding of how world literature engages with the most pressing crises of the 20th and 21st centuries by examining Ishiguro's fascination with characters who are profoundly constrained in their ability to understand global systems to which they are subject. Rather than following the established pattern of so-called global novels, which crisscross the planet exhibiting a knowing cosmopolitanism, Ishiguro's fictional engagement with the world comes principally in the form of characters who are cut off from the global systems that abuse them. By examining the ways in which Ishiguro foregrounds the in-process thinking of those who fail to comprehend their place in the flow of politics, culture, and ideas, Holmes positions Ishiguro as the great chronicler of everyday lives, and as such, prepares a mode of reading world literature that questions the assumptions for how we live and think with others when each of us is deeply limited. Chris Holmes is Associate Professor and Chair of Literatures in English at Ithaca College. He is the host of the literary interview podcast, Burned by Books, and he is host and co-producer on Novel Dialogue, the podcast of the Society of Novel Studies, both of which are New Books Network partners. His most recent essays appear in NOVEL, MFS, Critique, and Public Books. Caroline Levine is David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of the Humanities at Cornell University. She is the author most recently of The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis, and Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

How has a writer known principally for his contained domestic novels come to represent the most dynamic elements of world literature? In Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature (Bloomsbury, 2025), Chris Holmes expands our understanding of how world literature engages with the most pressing crises of the 20th and 21st centuries by examining Ishiguro's fascination with characters who are profoundly constrained in their ability to understand global systems to which they are subject. Rather than following the established pattern of so-called global novels, which crisscross the planet exhibiting a knowing cosmopolitanism, Ishiguro's fictional engagement with the world comes principally in the form of characters who are cut off from the global systems that abuse them. By examining the ways in which Ishiguro foregrounds the in-process thinking of those who fail to comprehend their place in the flow of politics, culture, and ideas, Holmes positions Ishiguro as the great chronicler of everyday lives, and as such, prepares a mode of reading world literature that questions the assumptions for how we live and think with others when each of us is deeply limited. Chris Holmes is Associate Professor and Chair of Literatures in English at Ithaca College. He is the host of the literary interview podcast, Burned by Books, and he is host and co-producer on Novel Dialogue, the podcast of the Society of Novel Studies, both of which are New Books Network partners. His most recent essays appear in NOVEL, MFS, Critique, and Public Books. Caroline Levine is David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of the Humanities at Cornell University. She is the author most recently of The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis, and Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

The first title that springs to mind at the mention of William Golding's name is most often Lord of the Flies. The classic story of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island all but made his reputation and has somewhat overshadowed his twelve other novels. Golding was a fascinating and often troubled man, a voracious reader who enjoyed the Odyssey in Greek as well as Georgette Heyer and Jilly Cooper and was an influence on many novelists from Stephen King to Penelope Lively, Ben Okri and Kazuo Ishiguro. Definitely a writer ripe for rediscovery. Now, the Slightly Foxed team sit down with the author's daughter Judy and Golding expert Professor Tim Kendall to discuss the life and work of this brave and highly original writer, whose novels transport the reader to distant but entirely believable worlds. His work grapples with the big questions of existence but his originality as a writer sometimes worked against him, and Lord of the Flies was rejected by seven publishers before it was accepted by Charles Monteith at Faber. It was glowingly reviewed and became a bestseller but, behind the scenes, Golding was struggling with his addiction to alcohol and the fame his writing would bring him. After a poor reception from the critics for several of his following books, including both The Spire and The Pyramid, Golding was thrown into a deep depression. This crisis lasted over ten years, but when he finally returned to writing he went on to produce a series of successful novels – including Rites of Passage, winner of the 1980 Booker Prize. In 1983 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.  The usual round of reading recommendations include South from Granada, Gerald Brenan's recollection of the years he spent in an Andalusian village in the 1920s with visits from the Bloomsbury group; Robert Harris's Precipice, a semi-fictional account of the relationship in 1914 between Prime Minister Asquith, and Venetia Stanley, and Penelope Lively's novel Passing On. For episode show notes, please see the Slightly Foxed website. Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major by Bach Hosted by Rosie Goldsmith Produced by Philippa Goodrich

Kazuo Ishiguro season keeps on truckin' into 2005's Never Let Me Go, perhaps his most widely read and equally widely loved novels. There are brain-donor clones drawing dank pepes, Ruth being a total b-word and -even though we are 100% anti-worldbuilding- some bad worldbuilding. Music by Skagos: https://skagos.bandcamp.com/album/chariot-sun-blazing

By listener request, Jacke presents a conversation with Nigerian-born novelist Chigozie Obioma (The Road to the Country, The Fishermen, An Orchestra of Minorities). Obioma, hailed by the New York Times as "the heir to Chinua Achebe," tells Jacke about his childhood in Nigeria, the moment he knew he wanted to be a storyteller, what he values in literature, and more. Special attention is paid to one of Obioma's favorite books, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. [This is an HOL Encore performance. The conversation with Chigozie Obioma originally aired on February 1, 2021.] Additional listening: 552 Writing after Rushdie (with Shilpi Suneja) 557 Somerset Maugham (with Tan Twan Eng) 314 Gabriel García Márquez (with Patricia Engel) The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Annette LaPlaca, a self-proclaimed church lady who loves mysteries and thrillers, discusses her career in editing, how she developed a love of reading in her children, and why it's ok to have a lot of books. We also discuss the moral and empathetic benefits of a murder book and why people shouldn't shy away from them.    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  Dearest by Jacqui Walters  Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda  Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro  How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix    Books Highlighted by Annette: Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith  Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers  Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt  The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman  The Storied Life A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis  Matilda by Roald Dahl 1984 by George Orwell  One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  Leap Over a Wall by Eugene H. Peterson  The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta  Puritan Pleasures of the Detective Story by Erik Routley Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott  Peace Like a River by Leif Enger  I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger  Case Histories by Kate Atkinson  The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott  The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster  A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle  Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle  Freaky Deaky by Elmore Leonard  The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt  Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne  The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun  Moby-Dick by Herman Mellville  Trust by Hernan Diaz  The Chosen by Chaim Potok  Life After Life by Kate Atkinson  The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt  Life of Pi by Yann Martel  Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey  Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey  The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman  Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin  Silas Marner by George Eliot  Middlemarch by George Eliot  Emma by Jane Austen  The Keeper of Lost Causes: The First Department Q Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen  The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell  Father Brown: The Essential Tales by G.K. Chesterton  Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker  The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro  Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro  An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro season keeps on truckin' to 2000's When We Were Orphans. After the divisive The Unconsoled, Kaz' is getting his groove back with this story of a gentleman detective who is so English that his brain doesn't work right. Music by Pig Destroyer and Streetfighter

Welcome to Building Brand You™, the podcast that helps you accelerate your success by unlocking your greatest asset – you.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Books allow us to see the world from diverse perspectives, broadening our empathy and insight into the experiences of others. “People often felt the need to prepare a side of themselves to display to passerby as they might in a store window, and that such display need will be taken so seriously once the moment had passed” - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro "Loneliness is a human invention. Trees are never lonely...Trees harbor no such illusions. For us, everything is interconnected." - The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. FEATURED BOOKS: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Racing-Rain-Garth-Stein/dp/0007281196   Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro https://www.amazon.com/Klara-and-The-Sun/dp/0593318188   The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Island-of-Missing-Trees/dp/B08XQYM5JV ABOUT KYM HAMER: Kym Hamer is an international leadership, visibility and impact coach, a personal branding expert and serial entrepreneur, and the creator of Building Brand You™, a methodology helping organisations, teams, and individuals to build visibility and reputational rigor as essential building blocks for delivering sustained value.  In other words, accelerating results by unlocking your greatest asset - YOU! In 2020, just one year after launching her business, she was nominated by Thinkers360 as one of the Top 100 Women B2B Leadership influencers and is currently in the Top 15 Personal Branding and Marketing Influencers in the world. For 4 years running Kym has also been one of Thinkers360's Top 10 Thought Leaders on Entrepreneurship and in 2023, was recognised as one of their Top Voices for 2023 globally. Kym is the Founder & CEO of Artemis Futures International, a Founding Board Member of the Customer Experience & Service Association Middle East, and co-founder of CXSA Group Ltd.  She has been part of the faculty with Homeward Bound Projects, a global initiative reaching 1.8 billion people, equipping women and non-binary people with a STEMM background to lead conversations for a sustainable future. She voyaged to Antarctica in 2023 for 19 nights delivering the immersive component of the HB programme for more than 170 women, and was Faculty Lead for Homeward Bound's 8th leadership cohort. In between all of these things, you'll find her curled up in a corner with her nose in a book.   Building Brand You™: JOIN the BBY Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingbrandyou SUBSCRIBE to the BBY Podcast on: (Apple) - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/building-brand-you/id1567407273 (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ho26pAQ5uJ9h0dGNicCIq SIGN UP to The BBY Bookshelf - https://bit.ly/BBYBookshelf   CONNECT WITH KYM HAMER: LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/kymhamer/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kymhamerartemis/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kymhamerartemis/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@kymhamer Thinkers360 - https://bit.ly/thinkers360-kymhamer-BBY Find out about BBY Coaching - https://calendly.com/kymhamer/bbychat/   HOSTED BY: Kym Hamer   DISCLAIMER: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Building Brand You™ podcast series are solely those of the individuals involved. They do not necessarily represent any other entities, agencies, organisations, or companies. Building Brand You™ is not responsible and does not verify the accuracy of any of the information in the podcast available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This podcast does not constitute legal advice or services.

This week we visit with Linda Kass, novelist and owner of Gramercy Books in Bexley, Ohio. Located in suburban Columbus, Gramercy is known for its series of fantastic author events and much more. Books We Talk About: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, Stoner by John Williams, The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis, A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, The Waiting by Michael Connelly, The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis and more!

Today's book: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical Readers Discuss Prohibited Prose Banned books are works that have been removed from a library shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, this series covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and the value in reading them.   Guest Links: Wendy Wimmer Entry Level - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60557291-entry-level Social Media: @wendywimmer http://www.wendywimmer.com/   Brandon Mead https://www.fiercestorytelling.com/ Instagram: @fiercestorytelling   Kat Fieler https://www.kjfieler.com/ Writer 2 Writer Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@KatFieler   Host: Tonya Todd Video Producer: JP Butler Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan Graphics: Mike Burton

What happens when machines become funnier, kinder, and more empathetic than humans? Do robot therapists save lives? And should Angela credit her virtual assistant as a co-author of her book? SOURCES:Robert Cialdini, professor emeritus of psychology at Arizona State University.Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn; co-founder and board member of Inflection AI.Kazuo Ishiguro, novelist and screenwriter.Ethan Mollick, professor of management and co-director of the Generative A.I. Lab at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.Ann Patchett, author.Kevin Roose, technology columnist for The New York Times and co-host of the podcast Hard Fork.Niko Tinbergen, 20th-century Dutch biologist and ornithologist.Lyle Ungar, professor of computer and information science at the University of Pennsylvania.E. B. White, 20th-century American author. RESOURCES:Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, by Ethan Mollick (2024)."Meet My A.I. Friends," by Kevin Roose (The New York Times, 2024)."Loneliness and Suicide Mitigation for Students Using GPT3-Enabled Chatbots," by Bethanie Maples, Merve Cerit, Aditya Vishwanath, and Roy Pea (NPJ Mental Health Research, 2024)."AI Can Help People Feel Heard, but an AI Label Diminishes This Impact," by Yidan Yin, Nan Jia, and Cheryl J. Wakslak (PNAS, 2024)."Romantic AI Chatbots Don't Have Your Privacy at Heart," by Jen Caltrider, Misha Rykov and Zoë MacDonald (Mozilla Foundation, 2024).Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro (2021).The Study Of Instinct, by Niko Tinbergen (1951).Pi. EXTRAS:"Are Our Tools Becoming Part of Us?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024)."Is GPS Changing Your Brain?" by No Stupid Questions (2023)."How to Think About A.I.," series by Freakonomics Radio (2023)."Would You Rather See a Computer or a Doctor?" by Freakonomics, M.D. (2022).

Jeff and Rebecca mark the 35th anniversary of Kazuo Ishiguro's THE REMAINS OF THE DAY by revisiting the novel and the 1993 adaptation. Join us on patreon for access to early, ad-free listening and all bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/bookriotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices