NOCTURNES
Author(s): ISHIGURO, KAZUO
Described by the "New York Times" as 'an original and remarkable genius', Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of six novels, including "Never Let Me Go" and "The Remains of the Day". Now in "Nocturnes", a sublime story cycle, he 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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Born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954, Kazuo Ishiguro has lived in Britain since the age of five. His novels have won him international acclaim and many honours, including the Booker Prize, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award, an OBE for Services to Literature and the French decoration Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into forty languages, and The Remains of the Day was adapted into an award-winning film starring Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins.
General Fields
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- : AU
- : AU
- : 0.161
- : 01 September 2009
- : 141mm X 138mm X 15mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : ISHIGURO, KAZUO
- : DB
- : 1