Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall -- Kazuo Ishiguro

<p><b>From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel <i>The Remains of the Day</i> comes an inspired sequence of stories as affecting as it is beautiful. </b> <p/> 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. <p/></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Kazuo Ishiguro<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 09/21/2010<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.54lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.96h x 5.30w x 0.73d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307455789<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times Book Review</i> 10/17/2010 pg. 28<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>Kazuo Ishiguro</b> is the 2017 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages. Both <i>The Remains of the Day</i> and <i>Never Let Me Go </i>have sold more than 1 million copies,