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Nocturnes

Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
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Jun 16, 2011kwsmith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In Nocturnes, Ishiguro offers a masterful collection of subtly linked short stories where minor characters in one story become major characters in the next. Like most of Ishiguro's work, each story has a horrible heartbreaking sorrow hidden beneath the surface. With masterful skill, Ishiguro dares us to peek beneath the surface and expose the sorrow. In these stories music embodies an ultimate beauty that is unreachable and contrasts darkly with the unhappy reality of life.