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It would be one thing if stories in a given collection were monolithic in terms of tone and quality. This, of course, is never the case. And is, by extension, not the case with Kazuo Ishiguro's collection of five stories, Nocturne....more...]]> 74451083 1361000 4772110 0307397874 9780307397874 65 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/47/110/4772110-m-1255909554.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/47/110/4772110-s-1255909554.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4772110.Nocturnes_Five_Stories_of_Music_and_Nightfall 3.35 365 2008 4 0 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...]]> 74168451 1009462 4772110 0307397874 9780307397874 65 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/47/110/4772110-m-1255909554.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/47/110/4772110-s-1255909554.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4772110.Nocturnes_Five_Stories_of_Music_and_Nightfall 3.35 365 2008 0 0 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.

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