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Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Paperback

Main Details

Title Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kazuo Ishiguro
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 111
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571245017
Audience
General
Edition Open Market - Airside ed

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 7 January 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'It was our third time playing the Godfather theme since lunch...' In a sublime short story collection, 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. If you enjoyed Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics.

Author Biography

Kazuo Ishiguro's seven published books have won him wide renown and many honours around the world. His work has been translated into over forty languages. The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have each sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in Faber editions alone, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. His latest novel is The Buried Giant.