false 4772110 10 4836931 book 2008 Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall total:242|5:35|4:77|3:85|2:39|1:6| 242 822 673 85 2 4 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:22:47 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:53:33 -0800 2009 The Remains of the Day immediately thereafter, which I loved. But I found this collection of short stories very weak -- there's a couple of good scenes and clever ideas but ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 18:52:18 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 18:52:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 10:08:49 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 10:17:15 -0700 2009 Utterly sublime. These five short stories of music and nightfall just highlight what a wonderful writer Ishiguro is. Each of these stories stand on their own, but read as an ensemble, their slow & gentle power carries the reader away.

Joe says:
Wow. Just read thi...more...]]> 2 4 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:50:29 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 13:36:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 14 05:04:15 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 05:05:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 14:46:12 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 14:46:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 03:04:26 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 03:04:53 -0700 2009
And ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 03:54:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 04:00:54 -0700 2009 Breaking Dawn...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:52:11 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:54:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 21:20:22 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 22:24:23 -0700 2009
There are five stories, eac...more...]]> 4 7 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 09:55:01 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 17:16:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 21:54:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 20:35:39 -0700 2009
Not all of these stories are painful...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 03 07:12:41 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 08:27:28 -0700 2009 Nocturnes has the ephemeral quality of a song cycle with recurring themes and motifs developed in different prose keys. Though critics admired Ishiguro's lovely writing, "unassuming to the point of near-in...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 11:40:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:18:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 06:50:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 07:05:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 12:03:19 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:57:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:04:12 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:18:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:23:03 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 07:07:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 12:55:02 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 11:58:09 -0700 2009 1
Nocturnes has it's moments. Well-written, weaving an interesting theme of music and important moments in life, of choices made an consequences. For...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:19:34 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:36:26 -0800 2009 more...]]>