First published 2009
In Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes, music is the pulse that binds five disparate lives. A fading crooner chases his final encore. A critic uses his musical taste to mask his loneliness. A songwriter stumbles into a crumbling marriage. A jazz saxophonist dreams of plastic surgery to save his career. A cellist's tutor promises to unlock his hidden genius. Through these vignettes, Ishiguro illuminates the siren call of success, the ache of regret, and the elusive sanctuary that art can offer the human heart.
Genres: short-stories, literary-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, music, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: character-driven, interconnected-stories
240 pages · Paperback · Vintage