The Unconsoled
Material type: TextPublication details: London Faber and Faber 2013Description: 535pISBN: 9780571283897Subject(s): Literature-Novel | Pianists | Musicians | Europe | English fiction | Musical fiction | Central Europe | Joy of cooking (Rombauer, Irma S.)DDC classification: 823.914 Summary: Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical- and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be- he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life. Ishiguro's extraordinary study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication by consternation, vilification- and the highest praise.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical- and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be- he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life.
Ishiguro's extraordinary study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication by consternation, vilification- and the highest praise.
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