Nocturnes
Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
(Author) Kazuo IshiguroIn 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.
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British author known for his subtle and haunting novels exploring themes of memory, loss, and identity. His most notable works include "The Remains of the Day," which won the Man Booker Prize in 1989, and "Never Let Me Go," a dystopian novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2005. Ishiguro's writing style is characterized by its spare and precise prose, as well as its deep emotional resonance. His contributions to literature have earned him widespread acclaim and established him as a leading voice in contemporary fiction. "The Remains of the Day" remains his most famous work, praised for its exploration of duty, regret, and the passage of time.