false <![CDATA[The Unconsoled]]> 40117 29 From the universally acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day comes a mesmerizing novel of completely unexpected mood and matter--a seamless, fictional universe, both wholly unrecognizable and familiar. When the public, day-to-day reality of a renowned pianist takes on a life of its own, he finds himself traversing landscapes that are by turns eerie, comical, and strangely malleable. 6372970 book 1995 The Unconsoled total:1009|5:270|4:253|3:254|2:139|1:93| 1009 3495 1741 181 4 10 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 12:38:50 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 12:39:34 -0700 2008 The Unconsoled is almost certainly not a work for everybody. Or even, perhaps, for many. Ishiguro has crafted what is a pretty thoroughly boring, deeply rewarding novel. What at first appears to be a simple series of encounters between a renowned pianist—Mr. Ryder to you—and the inhabitants of a Eur...more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed May 16 09:16:34 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 12 14:51:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 11:13:14 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 14:02:30 -0700 2008 There are spoilers here. But I hardly think they matter.



Since Ishiguro is so concerned with how personal accountability intersects with personal and public delusionality, it only makes sense that he should have written a book in which a man approaches a public concert and keynote--and h...

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In it, Ishiguro melds the self-important, obsessive yet ultimately impotent first-person narrative of several of his novel...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 07:22:34 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 09:57:35 -0700 2009 Ryder arrives in town and steps into a hotel, ready to check in. And that's the last ordinary thing that happens in The Unconsoled. Ishiguro's narrative gradually descends into something other than reality. First, it's subtle: Ryder seems oddly patient as the hotel bellhop gives an extended monologu...

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