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Nocturnes

By: Kazuo Ishiguro
Narrated by: Adam Kotz, Neil Pearson, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Trevor White, Ian Porter
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In Nocturnes, a sublime story cycle, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the "hush-hush floor" of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. Gentle, intimate and witty, this quintet is marked by a haunting theme: the struggle to keep alive a sense of life's romance, even as one gets older, relationships founder and youthful hopes recede.

Read by Adam Kotz, Neil Pearson, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Ian Porter, and Trevor White.

©2012 Kazuo Ishiguro (P)2012 Faber & Faber Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Short Stories Heartfelt Witty
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I did listen to the whole book even though I was willing it to end on the last story. A few of the story's were okay.

A little hard going.

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What a joy to read shorts from this master of emotion. Ishiguro creates such bizarre scenes in such a believably visual way one can almost believe they are true stories which actually occurred. I was laughing out loud at several points, at other times feeling for the characters and identifying with them. The musical themes throughout add an extra dimension to each setting. I thoroughly enjoyed these and think the author has once again excelled. Enjoy!

Master of mirth and poignancy

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i liked these stories, contains more humor than i expected from Ishiguro. But nice light hearted insight of the many faces of love.

charming stories, a bit short

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Not at all what I expected and left me both unmoved and empty. Well written just a lack of tying together or presenting of characters one could gel with. Maybe that was the point, exposing characters and human nature in a way that doesn’t leave you feeling for them

Disappointing

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I enjoyed this collection, though I found some of the stories less engaging than others. The narration is very good throughout.

Some better than others

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