10: 'Things have gone much too far.'
After coming to terms with some of the darker moments from his past, Ono looks to the future, as Tim McInnerny concludes Kazuo Ishiguro's classic 1986 novel.
The final episode of Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro's classic novel set in post-WWII Japan, read by Tim McInnerny.
Japan is rebuilding after the horrors of the war, its people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist Masuji Ono fills his days in his garden with his two grown daughters and grandson, and his evenings drinking with old associates in the quiet lantern-lit bars of the old pleasure district. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past, a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.
Today: after coming to terms with some of difficult truths from his past, Ono looks to the future...
Writer: Kazuo Ishiguro
Reader: Tim McInnerny
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
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- Fri 15 Aug 2025 22:45蜜芽传媒 Radio 4