The Booker triumph of Graham Swift’s moving, effortlessly profound Last Orders is a vindication of the quiet, much-misunderstood path this fine writer chose to take after the brilliance of Waterland more than ten years ago.

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The Booker triumph of Graham Swift’s moving, effortlessly profound Last Orders is a vindication of the quiet, much-misunderstood path this fine writer chose to take after the brilliance of Waterland more than ten years ago.

Kazuo Ishiguro

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There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend their fate? As time starts to run out, what are the things that really matter?

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There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend their fate? As time starts to run out, what are the things that really matter?
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Fate Imitation Run Science Time Transcendence World
As I say, I have never in all these years thought of the matter in quite this way; but then it is perhaps in the nature of coming away on a trip such as this that one is prompted towards such surprising new perspectives on topics one imagined one had long ago thought throughly.

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As I say, I have never in all these years thought of the matter in quite this way; but then it is perhaps in the nature of coming away on a trip such as this that one is prompted towards such surprising new perspectives on topics one imagined one had long ago thought throughly.
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Imagination Nature Quite Travel
It is one of the enjoyments of retirement that you are able to drift through the day at your own pace, easy in the knowledge that you have put hard work and achievement behind you.

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It is one of the enjoyments of retirement that you are able to drift through the day at your own pace, easy in the knowledge that you have put hard work and achievement behind you.
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She always wanted to believe in things.

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She always wanted to believe in things.
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Believe Inspirational
I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends.

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I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends.
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Friendship Politics Quite Reason Student Talk Thinking
Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.

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Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.
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Break Heart Moments
There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life.

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There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life.
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Life Mistake Oneself Satisfaction
I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. Of course, it rarely ends that way.

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I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. Of course, it rarely ends that way.
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End Rare Start Way
The world is crawling with authors touring now. They’re like performance artists.

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The world is crawling with authors touring now. They’re like performance artists.
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Artist Author Performance World
Even at the time, I realised this couldn’t be right, that this interpretation didn’t fit with the rest of the lyrics. But that wasn’t an issue with me. The song was about what I said, and I used to listen to it again and again, on my own, whenever I got the chance.

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Even at the time, I realised this couldn’t be right, that this interpretation didn’t fit with the rest of the lyrics. But that wasn’t an issue with me. The song was about what I said, and I used to listen to it again and again, on my own, whenever I got the chance.
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Chance Issues Lyrics Right Time
I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they’d once belonged to the sea.

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I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they’d once belonged to the sea.
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Book Old Page Sea Thinking
I can’t even say I made my own mistakes. Really – one has to ask oneself – what dignity is there in that?

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I can’t even say I made my own mistakes. Really – one has to ask oneself – what dignity is there in that?
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Dignity Mistake
You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?

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You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?
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Love Simplicity
I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might have had, but I’m having this one.

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I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might have had, but I’m having this one.
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Feeling Life Person
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I’ve always seen my stories as enlarged songs.

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I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I’ve always seen my stories as enlarged songs.
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Song Start Story Writing
If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

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If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.
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Capability Doubt Impression Perfection Rise

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