A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-01-11 | Hi, I'm back!Gonna be discussing each of Kazuo Ishiguro's books in order with an aim to release on a monthly basis. Today's vid is about A Pale View of Hills, Ishiguro's first novel about a woman reminiscing on her life in postwar Nagasaki, Japan.Link to the Radio 4 Book Club episode: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000qxm4Articles Referenced:Matek, L, Narrating Migration and Trauma in Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of HillsEckert, K, Evasion and the Unsaid in Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of HillsWong, C.F., The Shame of Memory: Blanchot's Self-Dispossession in Ishiguro's A Pale View of HillsSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#booktube #ishiguro #eddiecational
Where to start with Japanese literature Eddiecational 2023-05-27 | So, you want to get into Japanese literature? Welcome! Here are some great recs (and one terrible rec) to get you started on your journey. I've read a fair number of Japanese books in translation (and even moved over there for a year), so feel like I can offer a fair insight. Let me know if you would like a further breakdown of Japanese lit by era! Could be fun!Books FeaturedThe Popular Choice: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Subversive Choice: Grotesque by Natsuo KirinoThe Classic Choices: Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, The Old Capital by Yasunari KawabataThe Toxic Choice: The Sailor Who Fell With Grace From the Sea by Yukio MishimaThe Quirky Choice: Kitchen by Banana YoshimotoSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddieTIMESTAMPS00:00 Introduction00:40 The Popular Choice02:32 The Subversive Choice04:28 The Classic Choice 105:37 The Classic Choice 207:23 The Toxic Choice08:53 The Quirky Choice10:25 Wrap-up & Conclusion#booktube #eddiecational #japanesebook
Reading for 24 Hours Straight Eddiecational 2023-05-06 | Hello, I'm still alive!I decided to read for twenty four hours straight, because clearly I had nothing better to do with my time. It was actually incredibly fun! Let me know if you've ever attempted anything like this, or if you're now considering giving it a go. If you do try it, I'd love to hear about it.Books I read:Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neal HurstonThe Employees - Olga RavnOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean VuongAgnes Grey - Anne BrontëFrontier - Grace CurtisSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddieTIMESTAMPS:00:00 The challenge begins00:24 Catch-up and intro01:36 Book 1 - Their Eyes Were Watching God02:34 Book 2 - The Employees by Olga Ravn05:36 Halfway through (chaos)06:20 Book 3 - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous09:35 Book 4 - Agnes Grey11:23 Book 5 - Frontier 12:34 The challenge endsMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):uppbeat.io/t/yokonap/airplane-modeLicense code: RJOHNV7RZ04P5QIU#Eddiecational #Booktube #readathon
Five Wintery Book Recommendations! Eddiecational 2022-11-30 | Hi, I hope we're all getting ready to wait out the winter with some good reads. Here are some of my suggestions, but please let me know what your go-to wintery book is in the comments! Always looking for some good recs. Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddieTIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 01:21 Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 02:52 If On A Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino 04:22 Ice by Anna Kavan 05:55 The Shipping News by Annie Proulx07:12 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens08:59 Conclusion#eddiecational #booktube #charlesdickens #Annakavan #italocalvino #annieproulx #thomashardy
Why Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature Eddiecational 2022-10-31 | If your reaction to Annie Ernaux winning the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature is 'who?' then don't worry about it, I've got you covered. I read seven of her books in a week to get to grips with what it is the Nobel committee saw in her. Books read for this video:A man's placeSimple PassionExteriorsHappeningGetting LostThe YearsA Girl's StoryNew Yorker Article mentioning her role as an 'urban imagist':newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/annie-ernauxs-justly-deserved-nobelAnother good article in The Guardian:theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/06/annie-ernaux-the-2022-nobel-literature-laureates-greatest-worksSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddieTIMESTAMPS00:00 Introduction03:04 'Courage'04:49 Autofiction/Narrative06:37 'Collective restraints of personal memory'08:40 Can we know the reason?09:49 In her own words & conclusion#AnnieErnaux #eddiecational #nobelprize
Ranking Every Ishiguro Novel in 15 Minutes! Eddiecational 2022-09-30 | Hi friends, today I'm raking all of the novels of Ishiguro. Let me know your thoughts in the comments - do you agree with my rankings? Do you think that I'm completely wrong? I'd love to hear it!Links to my Ishiguro series:Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdOvpVfQiXrOMU2AQLhHQ-3MODlAWjRIn&si=ELPmzJkDCLju2KnD5oyZMQA Pale View of Hills: youtu.be/Dr6nlTvx69gAn Artist of the Floating World: youtu.be/Q978b10J1UQThe Remains of the Day: youtu.be/9CoWc4lqskAThe Unconsoled: youtu.be/bAlJunmHO-kWhen We Were Orphans: youtu.be/kPSS2I4z2wANever Let Me Go: youtu.be/UfD8ayR6D0cThe Buried Giant: youtu.be/eqYu21OxpQ8Klara and the Sun: youtu.be/Lo7e7T-bm3QSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddieTIMESTAMPS:00:00 Introduction01:32 Book 802:52 Book 704:23 Book 605:48 Book 507:54 Book 409:31 Book 310:55 Book 212:42 Book 114:24 Wrap-up and full ranking#ishiguro #booktube #eddiecational
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2022-08-31 | We've done it! Welcome to the final video of my series on Margaret Atwood's major works on The Testaments, Atwood's booker prize winning follow up to The Handmaid's Tale. Let me know your thoughts on the book: was it an effective follow-up? Did it answer all your questions about Gilead? Was it even necessary at all?Also feel free to let me know what you think I should do next, whether a specific author or a different type of video entirely. I'm all ears!TIMESTAMPS00:00 Introduction00:48 Plot Summary05:48 Theme 1: Expanding the world of Gilead08:58 Theme 2: Knowledge and power11:21 Theme 3: Testament, narrative and the symposium15:56 Was The Testaments a needed sequel?17:45 Wrapping upArticles Read/Referenced:theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/15/the-testaments-margaret-atwood-reviewtheatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/margaret-atwood-bears-witness/600796newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/16/margaret-atwood-expands-the-world-of-the-handmaids-taleDictionary definition of testament:merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testamentSocials: Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_ Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie #atwood #booktube #eddiecational
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2022-07-31 | There we have it, the final book in the MaddAddam series, shockingly titled MaddAddam. Please enjoy my summary and discussion of the book, and let me know your thoughts. A strong end to the series or a kind of petering out. Peter, of course, in this case means petroleum.TIMESTAMPS00:00 Introduction00:38 Plot Summary05:56 Theme 1: Climate, religion, and a new world09:06 Theme 2: Zeb, Toby, and interpersonal relationships11:21 Theme 3: The stories we leave behind13:39 Conclusion and summing upArticles ReferencedBoyd, S., 2015. Ustopian Breakfasts: Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam. Defalco, A., 2017. MaddAddam, Biocapitalism, and Affective Things. Raschke, D., 2014. Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy: Postmodernism, Apocalypse, and Rapture. #atwood #booktube #eddiecational
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2022-06-30 | I've literally just realised as I'm writing this description that Atwood really loves calling characters Glenn in her 'dystopian' fiction - what is it about Glenn and the end of the world? Wild. Anyway, hope you enjoyed watching this video about the second book in Atwood's MaddAddam series - let me know what you thought of the book below!TIMESTAMPS00:00 Introduction00:38 Plot Summary05:54 Theme 1: The Gardeners08:24 Theme 2: Consumptive Capitalism10:08 Theme 3: Peaceful protest vs direct resistance12:39 Concluding Thoughts & Wrap-upArticles ReferencedBrooks Bouson, J., 2011. “We’re Using Up the Earth. It’s Almost Gone”: A Return to the Post-Apocalyptic Future in Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood. Canavan, G., 2012. Hope, But Not for Us: Ecological Science Fiction and the End of the World in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. Hummel, K.E., 2019. Strange Kinship Matters: Cultivating an Ecofeminist Ethics of Place in Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood.Morgan, L., 2019. “The Earth Forgives”: Environmental Imagination, Adaptation, and Resilience in Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood. Wright, L., 2015. Vegans, Zombies, and Eco-Apocalypse: McCarthy's The Road and Atwood's Year of the Flood. Inaccessible Rail: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island_railArticle about Carp: theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/29/15-carp-species-extinct-philippines-aoeSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Atwood #Booktube #Eddiecational
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2022-05-29 | Yes lads I am HYPED to be talking about Oryx & Crake, the first book in the MadAddam series and the ninth video in our Atwood Book Club. I was an instant fan of MadAddam and The Year of the Flood when I first read them, and even though Oryx & Crake was my least favourite of the three, I was excited to reread and delve into the themes of this novel. Let me know what you guys thought of the book and please subscribe for more literary content.TIMESTAMPS00:00 Introduction00:34 Plot Summary05:48 Theme 1: Ecological and environmental breakdown07:58 Theme 2: Is Crake right?09:53 Theme 3: Perceptions of Oryx11:23 Conclusion & Wrap-upArticles ReferencedAtwood, M., 2004. The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake in Context. Frew, L., 2014. “A Whole New Take on Indigenous”: Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake as Wild Animal Story. Kroon, A., 2015. Reasonably Insane: Affect and Crake in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake.Martín, J., 2019. Dystopia, Feminism and Phallogocentrism in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake. theguardian.com/books/2003/may/11/fiction.margaretatwoodSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Atwood #Booktube #Eddiecational
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2022-04-30 | Hello, welcome to the world record attempt for the amount of times I can say the words ‘Alex Thomas’ and ‘likewise’ in the same video, otherwise known as the latest in my series on Margaret Atwood's major works. Enjoy!Timestamps00:00 Introduction00:49 Plot Summary07:02 Theme 1: Gender, Class and the narrator09:24 Henry James' The Ambassadors and Buttons10:29 Theme 2: Questioning the narrative13:58 Summing up and concluding thoughtsArticles Referenced:Hembrough, T., 2017. From an Obscured Gaze to a Seeing Eye? Iris as Victim, Villain, and Avenger in the Role of Writer-as-Assassin in Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin. Ingersoll, E., 2003. Waiting for the end: closure in Margaret Atwood's" The blind assassin". Parkin-Gounelas, R., 2004. " What isn't there" in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin: The Psychoanalysis of Duplicity. Reed, A., 2009. Disembodied Hands: Structural Duplicity in Atwood's The Blind Assassin. Robinson, A., 2006. Alias Laura": Representations of the past in Margaret Atwood's" The Blind Assassin. Staels, H., 2004. Atwood’s specular narrative: the blind assassin. The Ambassadors Button Debate:slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/10/the-mystery-at-the-heart-of-henry-james-the-ambassadors-solved.htmlSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Booktube #Eddiecational #Atwood
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2022-03-31 | Hello friends, welcome to my discussion/analysis of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. It's the story of a notorious Canadian murderess from the 1840s, Atwood's first major journey into historical fiction. Let me know what you thought of the book, and also what you thought about my thoughts! TIMESTAMPS00:00 Introduction00:34 Plot Summary06:29 Theme 1: Who to believe?08:45 Theme 2: Perception11:52 Theme 3: History and Narratives14:18 Conclusion & Wrap-upArticles ReferencedAtwood, M., 1998. In search of Alias Grace: On writing Canadian historical fiction.Hustis, H., 2018. “A Different Story Entirely”: Crafting Confessions in Capote’s In Cold Blood and Atwood’s Alias Grace.Knelman, J., 1999. Can We Believe What the Newspapers Tell Us?: Missing Links in Alias Grace. Michael, M.C., 2001. Rethinking History as Patchwork: The Case of Atwood's Alias Grace. O'Neill, J., 2013. Dying in a state of grace: memory, duality, and uncertainty in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace. Ravizza, E., 2019. Exploring Otherness in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace. Ethical and Epistemological Reflections on Historiographic Metafiction. Staels, H., 2000. Intertexts of Atwood's Alias Grace. Toron, A., 2011. The model prisoner: reading confinement in Alias Grace. Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Booktube #Eddiecational #Atwood
Cats Eye by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2022-02-28 | Thanks for watching this book discussion and analysis of Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye, a book with interesting things to say about the relationship between author and reader & art and artist. Let me know your thoughts on the book in the comments below, I love a chat.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 Introduction00:53 Plot Summary06:44 Theme 1: Gender and Observation10:31 Theme 2: Autobiography and Art14:06 Theme 3: Elaine's Brother and Time16:25 Wrap Up/ConclusionArticles ReferencedBrown, L.M., 1995. The dangers of time travel: Revisioning the landscape of girls’ relationships in Margaret Atwood's cat's eyede Cykman, A.G., On the Field with Postmodern Feminism and Cat's Eye: A Poststructuralist Literary Analysis of Cat's Eye by Margaret AtwoodDerry, K., 2016. Blood on the Wall: Christianity, Colonialism, and Mimetic Conflict in Margaret Atwood's" Cat's Eye"Hite, M., 1995. Optics and autobiography in Margaret Atwood's cat's eyeIngersoll, E.G., 1991. Margaret Atwood's" Cat's Eye": Re-Viewing Women in a Postmodern WorldSizemore, C.W., 1997. Negotiating Between Ideologies: The Search for Identity in Tsitsi Dangarembga's" Nervous Conditions" and Margaret Atwood's" Cat's Eye"My SocialsGoodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddieInstagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_#Booktube #Eddiecational #Atwood
10 Scifi Books I Read in January (spoiler free!) Eddiecational 2022-02-22 | Welcome to my spoiler free review of ten science fiction books I read in January.. ish. Let me know what you thought of these books and if you have any other scifi books you think I'd enjoy!Books mentioned:Childhood's End by Arthur C ClarkeRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C ClarkeThe City & The Stars by Arthur C ClarkeFoundation by Isaac AsimovFoundation and Empire by Isaac AsimovSecond Foundation by Isaac AsimovRecord of a Spaceborn Few by Becky ChambersThe Dispossessed by Ursula K Le GuinThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A HeinleinThe Dark Forest by Cixin LiuTIMESTAMPS00:00 Introduction00:50 Childhood's End02:59 Rendezvous With Rama04:48 The City & The Stars07:03 Foundation Trilogy10:45 Record of a Spaceborn Few14:27 The Dispossessed18:03 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress21:19 The Dark Forest#Eddiecational #Booktube #Scifi
The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2022-01-31 | Thanks for watching my video on Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Let me know what you thought of the book in the comments below, though please note I haven't yet read The Testaments so I'll be avoiding spoilers ;)Articles Referenced:Dodson, D, 'We lived in the blank white spaces': Rewriting the Paradigm of Denial in Atwood's The Handmaid's TaleFilipczak, D, Is there no balm in Gilead? – Biblical intertext in The Handmaid’s TaleHansot, E, Selves, Survival, and Resistance in The Handmaid's TaleKetterer, D, Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale": A Contextual Dystopia ("La servante carlate" de Margaret Atwood: une dystopie contextuelle)Sethna, C, “Not an instruction manual”: Environmental degradation, racial erasure, and the politics of abortion in The Handmaid's Tale (1985)Stillman, P, & Johnson, A, Identity, Complicity, and Resistance in The Handmaid's Tale.TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro & Plot Summary06:00 Theme 1: Gender & Identity09:28 Theme 2: Ecofeminism10:39 Theme 3: The Historical Notes & Narrative15:32 Conclusion #Atwood #Booktube #Eddiecational
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-12-31 | Hi! Cheers for watching. This is the long awaited second video in my series on Japanese literature, this time featuring a classic genre-bending Murakami novel and footage from Moerenuma Park, Sapporo, Hokkaido in 2018. Let me know what you think of the vid and most importantly the book!Articles Referenced:Hantke, S, 'Postmodernism and Genre Fiction as Deferred Action: Haruki Murakami and the Noir Tradition'Shin, H, 'Unlocking the Mindware: The Responsibility of Building a Solipsistic Universe in Murakami Haruki’s Hard- Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'Weinberger, C, 'Imaginary Worlds and Real Ethics: Alterity and Transpositioning in Murakami Haruki’s Fractal Realism'#Murakami #Booktube #Eddiecational
Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-11-29 | Book number four in this ongoing series about Margaret Atwood's work. Let me know what you thought of the book - did you see something in it that I didn't? I really did struggle guys.Articles Referenced:Beran, C, 'Intertexts of Margaret Atwood's Life before Man'Goldblatt, P.F, 'Reconstructing Margaret Atwood's Protagonists'Sheckles, T & Mackin Sweeney, K, 'Scene, Symbol, Subversion: The Evolving Uses of Mapping in Margaret Atwood's Fiction'#Booktube #Atwood #Eddiecational
Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-10-31 | Happy Halloween folks - what better way to celebrate the spooky season than a spoilery talk about Atwood's take on the Gothic genre!? What did you guys think of this one - did you like her examination of the way we construct narratives and associate fictional stories with our real lives? Or were you put off by the meandering approach of the story? Let me know below.Articles Referenced:Arnold, E & Davidson, C, 'Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle: The artist as escapist and seer'Barzilai, S, 'The Bluebeard Syndrome in Atwood's Lady Oracle: Fear and Femininity'Givner, J, 'Mirror images in Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle'Kapuscinski, K, 'Exis-tensions: Surving the Red Shoes syndrome in Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle'Szalay, E, 'The Gothic as maternal legacy in Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle'#Eddiecational #Booktube #Atwood
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-10-16 | Once monthly upload schedule? I barely know her.Surfacing is a novel about an unnamed narrator returning to her hometown in the wilderness of North Quebec, searching for her father who had vanished some time ago. Its latter section is full of evocative, difficult-to-parse imagery that make the read well worth it. Articles referenced:Bhalla, A, Ecofeminism in Margaret Atwood’s SurfacingBurridge, T, Surfacing by Margaret Atwood: A study in borderlinesCampbell, J.P., The Woman as Hero in Margaret Atwood's "Surfacing"Fiamengo, J, Postcolonial Guilt in Margaret Atwood's SurfacingKapuscinski, K, Negotiating the Nation: The Reproduction and Reconstruction of the National Imaginary in Margaret Atwood’s SurfacingNicolaescu, C, The voice of subaltern in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing: An anticolonialist approach to the novelWrethed, J, “I am a place”: Aletheia as aesthetic and political resistance in Margaret Atwood's SurfacingSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Eddiecational #Atwood #Surfacing
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-09-30 | Hello, welcome to my new series on Margaret Atwood's novels. We're starting off with her 1969 debut novel, The Edible Woman. Did you like it? What did you think the edible woman represented? Feel free to subscribe and stick around or check out my Ishiguro videos.Articles Referenced:Bouson, J.B. The Anxiety of Being Influenced: Reading and Responding to Character in Margaret Atwood's" The Edible Woman".Brain, T. Figuring anorexia: Margaret Atwood's the edible woman. Hobgood, J. Anti-Edibles: Capitalism and Schizophrenia in Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman. Royanian, S. and Yazdani, Z.,Metaphor of Body in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman. Sanchez-Grant, S, The female body in Margaret Atwood’s The edible woman and Lady Oracle. Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Atwood #Booktube #Eddiecational
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-08-31 | Welcome to the last video in my run through of Kazuo Ishiguro's books, 2021's Klara in the Sun. We made it! This video contains spoilers for the book.Literary scholarship is a bit thin on the ground for a book released this year, so actually got no references for you as of yet.Let me know what you thought of the book, what points you think I missed, and how you think this ranks among Ishiguro's best. I'll see you all next month once I've decided how to follow up this series.0:00 Intro0:37 Plot Summary7:22 AnalysisSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#KlaraAndTheSun #Ishiguro #Eddiecational
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-07-31 | Hello friends, welcome to my summary and discussion of The Buried Giant, Ishiguro's post-Arthurian fantasy novel. Let me know what you thought of it in the comments below - also let me know what author you would like me to cover next.Articles Referenced:Charlwood, Catherine. "National Identities, Personal Crises: Amnesia in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant."Falcus, Sarah, and Maricel Oró-Piqueras. "Ageing without remembering: Fantasy, memory and loss in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant."Michael, Rose. "Here Be Dragons: The Buried Giant in the Hierarchy of Genres."Stacy, Ivan. "Looking out into the fog: narrative, historical responsibility, and the problem of freedom in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant." Vernon, Matthew, and Margaret A. Miller. "Navigating Wonder: The Medieval Geographies of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant."Ursula K Le Guin on The Buried Giant: bookviewcafe.com/blog/2015/03/02/are-they-going-to-say-this-is-fantasy Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Eddiecational #Booktube #KazuoIshiguro
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-06-30 | This month we're talking about my absolute favourite Ishiguro book, Never Let Me Go. Let me know what you thought of it in the comments below! Is it a Hailsham or a Failsham. I'm so sorry. Articles read for this video:Bowyer, L, Autonomy and Why You Can “Never Let Me Go”. Carroll, R, Imitations of life: cloning, heterosexuality and the human in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never let me go.Gill, J, Written on the Face: Race and Expression in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Johansen, E, Bureaucracy and narrative possibilities in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. McDonald, K, Days of Past Futures: Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go as "Speculative Memoir".Robbins, B, Cruelty is Bad: Banality and Proximity in "Never Let Me Go". Rich, K., "Look in the gutter" - Infrastructural interiority in Never Let Me Go.Schwetman, J.D, “Shadowy Objects in Test Tubes”: The Ethics of Grievance in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Shaddox, K, Generic Considerations in Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Whitehead, A, Writing with Care: Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go".Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Ishiguro #Booktube #Eddiecational
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-05-28 | This month's book is When We Were Orphans, a novel that Ishiguro himself described as "Not my best book". High praise! Let me know if you think this book deserves a critical reappraisal, or if it belongs squarely in the B-Tier of Ishiguro's bibliography.Articles Referenced:Dean, D, 'Ishiguro and the abandoned child: The parody of international crisis and representation in When We Were Orphans'Ionescu, A, 'An Imagological Reading of Kazuo Ishiguro’s When We Were Orphans'Olivier, B, 'Literature After Ranciére: Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans and Gibson's Neuromancer'Shang, B, 'The Maze of Shanghai Memory in Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans'Tan, J, 'The International Settlement: The Fantasy of International Writing in Kazuo Ishiguro’s When We Were Orphans'Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Ishiguro #Booktube #Eddiecational
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-04-30 | This month we're talking about Ishiguro's most divisive work - either a book that has 'invented its own category of badness' or one of the three best books between 1980 and 2005. We love to see it. Let me know what you thought of the book in the comments below!Articles Referenced:Fairbanks, A.H, 'Ontology and narrative technique in Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Unconsoled"'Juhász, T, 'Inaudible Sons: Music and Diaspora in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled'Reitano, N, 'The Good Wound: Memory and Community in The Unconsoled'Robinson, R, 'Nowhere, in particular: Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled and Central Europe'Garrido Castellano, G, 'Ryder Meets Bourriaud. Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled and the Contradictions of “Creative Capitalism”'Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#booktube #ishiguro #eddiecational
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-03-27 | We're talking about the utterly sad The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Woooooo! This is part 3 of my series on Ishiguro's books, I'm reading one a month with the intention of finishing with 2021's Klara and the Sun! Subscribe for more books on Ishiguro, and more videos on books in general.Articles Referenced:Patras, R, 'A Rhetorical Approach to Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day'Rich, K, 'Troubling Humanities: Literary Jurisprudence and Crimes Against Humanity in Ishiguro's Remains of the Day and McEwan's Atonement'Furst, L, 'Memory's Fragile Power in Kazuo Ishiguro's "Remains of the Day" and W. G. Sebald's "Max Ferber"'O'Brien, S, 'Serving a new world order: Postcolonial politics in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day'Scherzinger, K, 'The butler in (the) passage: The liminal narrative of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day'Gehlawat, M, 'Myth and Mimetic Failure in The Remains of the Day'Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#booktube #ishiguro #eddiecational
An Artist of The Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2021-02-11 | Hello friends! We're talking about Kazuo Ishiguro's second novel today, An Artist of the Floating World, as part of our 2021 monthly read of one of his novels. Let me know what you thought about it in the comments below. Also let me know any books you would recommend to Ishiguro fans!Articles Referenced:Wright, T, No Homelike Place: The Lesson of History in Kazuo Ishiguro's An Artist of the Floating WorldSarvan, C, Floating Signifiers and An Artist of the Floating WorldTellini, S, Identity and Nation in Kazuo Ishiguro's Artist of the Floating WorldSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#booktube #ishiguro #eddiecational
New to Booktube Q&A Eddiecational 2021-02-06 | Today I'm answering some bookish questions from my instagram followers (instagram.com/eddiecational_/). Let me know if you've got any good book suggestions, if you've read any of the books I talked about here and what you thought about them. Most importantly, let me know whether you want me to do a ten minute rant on how much Blood Meridian sucks. The books I mentioned (positively) in this vid:Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua AchebeA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oBy Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomás Ávila LaurelThe Waves by Virginia WoolfGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirUtopia Avenue by David MitchellThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellThe Great Gatsby by F Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Odyssey by HomerKitchen by Banana YoshimotoConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataTillie Walden (On a Sunbean is my fave of hers)Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud MontgomeryMatilda by Roald Dahl His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe books I dunked on in this vid:Confessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaBlood Meridian by Cormac McCarthyAncillary Mercy by Ann LeckieLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott Atonement by Ian McEwanSocials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#booktube #eddiecational #q&a
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata - Book Discussion Eddiecational 2018-04-26 | Hi! Cheers for watching. Stay tuned for more Japanese literature videos in the coming months! For the article I talked about in the video + further reading look below. Sources:A Rereading of "Snow Country" from Komako's Point of View - Tajima Yoko, Donna George Storey www.jstor.org/stable/42772051Kawabata and His "Snow Country" - James T. Araki www.jstor.org/stable/23737717Kawabata's Lyrical Mode in Snow Country - Anthony V. Liman www.jstor.org/stable/2383649Socials:My Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/eddiecationalMy Instagram: instagram.com/eddiecational_My Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/26431802-eddie#Booktube #Kawabata #SnowCountry
