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Kazuo Ishiguro: Mitasarezaru mono (Japanese language, 2007, Hayakawa Shobō)

948 pages

Japanese language

Published April 8, 2007 by Hayakawa Shobō.

ISBN:
978-4-15-120041-0
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OCLC Number:
173659182

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5 stars (1 review)

A surrealistic novel on a man who finds himself in a strange city, not knowing what he is doing there, but everyone seems to know him. What is more, he must be important because people ask him for favors. As he goes from encounter to encounter, the man discovers himself. By the author of The Remains of the Day.

15 editions

Weird and funny

5 stars

In The Unconsoled we follow the pianist Ryder who arrives in a town completely unprepared and without any knowledge of the itinerary and follow him as he is dragged through the story and as he tries to not disappoint the towns citizens which expect him to solve the towns grave problems. Whatever they may be. Not a single scene is played out fully, together with Ryder we are dragged to the next scene and we are left in the dark.

This sounds bad but The Unconsoled is wonderfully written and shines with a dry humor.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Musicians
  • Absurd (Philosophy)
  • Pianists
  • English fiction

Places

  • Europe