3. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (must read more Atwood)
I just listened to Kermode saying how this book came to mind when watching Never Let Me Go. The things he was saying about it really intrigued me.
Handmaid's definitely has really interesting parallels to
NLMG (I really must read the book soon) - not only the dystopic alternate reality aspect, but the limited perspective in both. Our sense of the larger context is restricted in both, so we don't understand the why's or the how's - we get only the small world of our main character(s) and it forces us as viewers/readers into a really interesting claustrophobia and frustration and then, ultimately, into different trains of thought than we might otherwise have. Anyway, it's really a great read - I think you'd enjoy it.
You got two of my favorites of all time and two of my most anticipated books right there. Awesome list.
Thanks! And I thought you might be happy about those two.
Looking forward to hearing what you think of the other two!
Love that post, oad. I LOVE The Remains of the Day.. both the book as well as the film. Also really love the Atwood and the Joyce (which I read for the first time last year). I agree that the title story is the real highlight of the Lahiri but I really like her style and probably enjoyed the book more than you did. Have you read anything by Amitav Ghosh?
I just added the Mansfield book to my library queue. Looking forward to it .
Thanks, w@w (and hi!!!).
Remains was one of those transcendent reading experiences, of a kind I've not had in a very long while (I should revisit the film; I don't remember it all that well).
I do like Lahiri's style, too, and I actually really loved the questions she was asking in this particular collection, questions about rootedness and cultural identity in America, even if all of the stories didn't work for me. I've not read Amitav Ghosh - what can you recommend?
Also, looking forward to hearing what you think of Mansfield!