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Nocturnes : five stories of music and nightfall
In this sublime story cycle, Kazuo Ishiguro explores love, music and the passage of time. Gentle, intimate and witty, "Nocturnes" is underscored by a haunting theme: the struggle to restock life's romance, even as relationships flounder and youthful hopes recede.
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- "In this sublime story cycle, Kazuo Ishiguro explores love, music and the passage of time. Gentle, intimate and witty, "Nocturnes" is underscored by a haunting theme: the struggle to restock life's romance, even as relationships flounder and youthful hopes recede."@en
- "Acclaimed author Kazuo Ishiguro chronicles the fate of several characters in this deeply-emotional exploration into love and aging. Centered on the music industry, Ishiguro guides listeners from Italy to Hollywood through the viewpoints of wannabes, small-timers, and has-beens."@en
- "One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character. A once-popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his life ... A man whose unerring taste in music is the only thing his closest friends value in him ... A struggling singer-songwriter unwittingly involved in the failing marriage of a couple he's only just met ... A gifted, underappreciated jazz musician who lets himself believe that plastic surgery will help his career ... A young celist whose tutor promises to "unwrap" his talent ..."@en
- "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."