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Kazuo Ishiguro
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day comes an inspired sequence of stories as affecting as it is beautiful. With the clarity and precision that have become his trademarks, Kazuo Ishiguro interlocks five short pieces of fiction to create a world that resonates with emotion, heartbreak, and humor. Here is a fragile, once famous singer, turning his back on the one thing he loves; a music junky with little else to offer his friends but opinion; a songwriter who inadvertently breaks up a marriage; a jazz musician who thinks the answer to his career lies in changing his physical appearance; and a young cellist whose tutor has devised a remarkable way to foster his talent. For each, music is a central part of their lives and, in one way or another, delivers them to an epiphany.
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Author
Kazuo Ishiguro
Pages
240
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2009-09-22
ISBN
0307273083 9780307273086
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Ishiguro is one of my favorite modern authors if not my favorite. His works are always a bit slow, but full of color. And never a disappointment. "
J C
Jared Clark
"Nothing stands out to me, no story feels finished. <spoiler>The meaning of music does not feel emphasized enough and I feel unclear on its importance to pretty much any of the characters.</spoiler>"
R V
Rachel Velasquez