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Nocturnes
Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
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Nocturnes
An exploration of love, need, and the ineluctable force of the past.
Nocturnes is a thought-provoking short story collection by Kazuo Ishiguro, the esteemed author of The Remains of the Day, which won the 1989 Booker Prize, Never Let Me Go, and The Buried Giant.
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‘It was our third time playing the Godfather theme since lunch.’
In a sublime story cycle, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the 'hush-hush floor' of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning.
Gentle, intimate and witty, this quintet is marked by a haunting theme: the struggle to keep alive a sense of life's romance, even as one gets older, relationships flounder and youthful hopes recede.
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Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes is praised for its poignant and dignified exploration of human failure, interwoven with moments of heartache and humour. The book is described as both moving and entertaining, rewarding readers with its nuanced storytelling, and each story offers a distinctive mix of sadness and comedy.
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ISBN: 9780571245000
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 March 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main - Re-issue
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 198g
Pages: 240
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About the Author
Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of six novels, A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), The Remains of the Day (1989, winner of the Booker Prize), The Unconsoled, When We Were Orphans (2000, shortlisted for the Booker Prize) and Never Let Me Go (2005, shortlisted for the MAN Booker Prize). He received an OBE for Services to Literature in 1995, and the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998.
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