The Oscillating Protagonist in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled.
The article examines the protagonist's dilemma in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled. Topics include Ryder's challenge of choosing among three favors in a surreal hotel lobby scenario, the Kafkaesque elements in the novel such as indeterminate setting and dreamlike tone, and the absence of conventional...
| Published in: | Contemporary Literature Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 259 - 289 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Fall2023
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| Summary: | The article examines the protagonist's dilemma in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled. Topics include Ryder's challenge of choosing among three favors in a surreal hotel lobby scenario, the Kafkaesque elements in the novel such as indeterminate setting and dreamlike tone, and the absence of conventional narrative cause and effect in the story. |
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