September 24, 2018

Link to the survey for 2017-2018

Here is the link to the survey of our books and discussions for this past year:    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6Q76Y2Q


September 20, 2018

The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro - September 24, 2018

We'll meet at Julie's house on September 24 to discuss The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (who also wrote Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go that we read in earlier years).

Supplemental materials:
  • Discussion questions from publisher  
  • Television interview (2017) of Kazuo Ighiguro interviewed by a man who must remain nameless but who conducted good interviews, after publication of The Buried Giant
  • Television interview, (1995) - same interviewer who shall not be named
  • Radio interview (2017) - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Interview, Electric Lit (March 27, 2015)
  • Telegraph author profile (October 5, 2017)
  • Conversation between Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro on the topic of genres, NewStatesman (June 4, 2015)
  • Review of The Buried Giant, the Atlantic, March 2015
  • Review of The Buried Giant, the New Yorker, March 23, 2015
  • Review of The Buried Giant, Washington Post, February 24, 2015

2018 Man Booker Prize Short List

The 2018 Man Booker Prize Short List is out. MPR's The Thread gives short blurbs about each book here.