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Even some students from warmer climates have learned to appreciate New England's winter wonderland...
...group also serenaded Massachusetts Hall with a song entitled, "Workers's Wonderland," drawing applause from some student residents of the hall. The demonstrators then circled the building, singing "We shall not be moved...
...L.E.D. (light-emitting diode) display board measuring approximately 70 square feet and along the north wall is a 114-long electronic light display "frieze." Yesterday the artistic material for both boards had not yet been finalized. As a result, strange patterns and lines written backwards from "Alice in Wonderland" punctuated the frieze yesterday...
...described plans to turn the dinning hall into a winter wonderland by erecting a life-size gingerbread house in the foyer, putting up theater sets depicting a forest along the walls, and using air fresheners to waft the scent of pine needles throughout the room...
Somewhere around this point, the narrative rules governing The Unconsoled become ominously clear: sequential non sequiturs, ungoverned absurdity. Ishiguro has essentially re-created the world of Alice in Wonderland, but without the commonsensical presence of Alice. Ryder, unlike Lewis Carroll's feisty heroine, is totally passive, grounded only in the vagaries of each passing moment. He is guided through tall doors and short doors; he repeatedly takes, or is taken on, long car trips, only to discover that he can easily walk back to his point of origin. But he hardly ever seems surprised by or interested in the oddities...