The Unconsoled

The Unconsoled

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name = The Unconsoled
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author = Kazuo Ishiguro
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Faber and Faber
release_date = 1995
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 535 pp (paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-571-17718-2 (paperback edition)
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"The Unconsoled" (1995) is a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. It is about Ryder, a famous pianist who arrives in a central European city to perform a concert. However, he appears to have lost most of his memory and finds his new environment surreal and dreamlike. He struggles to fulfill his commitments before Thursday night's performance.

The novel takes place over a period of three days.

External links

* [http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679735878&view=rg Random House profile]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/unconsoled/ Random House Reading Group Center]
* [http://www.qlrs.com/essay.asp?id=394 Confucianism in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled]
* [http://www.tom-and-ib.freeserve.co.uk/Ishiguro.html Essay]
* [http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/ishiguro-distortions/ Essay]


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