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The Unconsoled (Paperback)

by Kazuo Ishiguro (Author)

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Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (3 Mar 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 057122539X
ISBN-13: 978-0571225392
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)

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Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical - and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be - he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life. Ishiguro's extraordinary study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication by consternation, vilification - and the highest praise.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ishiguro is a modern Kafka., 14 Jan 2002

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This brilliant masterpiece is an utterly unique novel - unlike anything I have read among books written in the past fifty years. The story - of a concert pianist arriving in Central Europe only to find himself constantly walking into various unresolved emotional aspects of his life - brings us into contact with great seriousness and sadness, wonderful farce and is unremittingly strange and bizarre. Ishiguro writes brilliantly, and conveys the alienation and dissociation from the world brilliantly in his prose and his unique dialogue.

Oh, and the scene with the broom cupboard is one of the funnisest things I've read in years.

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5.0 out of 5 stars In my dreams, 31 Jan 2002

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Number 9...number 9...number 9...A surreal labyrinth of a novel, car journeys that take hours and then you return to where you began simply by walking through a door...strangers who you suddenly realise you have known for years...and no sleep, never the chance to sleep...This book will haunt your dreams and make you wander about with a vacant expression muttering under your breath and cause you distress and unease but if you're anything like me you won't be able to leave it alone and when you've finished you'll want to read it again. Like all of Ishiguro's work it contains incomparable insights into the complexities and sadness of human nature. The characters ramble on and on explaining in a pedantic way every fine detail of the subjects that prey on their minds day and night but it is endlessly fascinating and Ishiguro is such a kind writer, you feel nothing but tenderness towards this large cast of lonely and obsessed people.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping, insightful, beautifully written, utterly original, 15 Aug 2001

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One of the most original books I've ever read. Unexpected events and insights at every turn. Wonderful writing, as I suppose I have come to expect from Ishiguro. Draws you into unforeseen situations, and later, upon reflection, there is much, much more to each interaction than is apparent at first read. While not a hollywood-style neat, happy ending, it was a wonderful reading experience.

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3.0 out of 5 stars frustrating!
this is probably the most infurating and uncomfortable book I've ever read, yet it kept me coming back for more to see what actually happens (not much! Read more

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The blurb on the back of this book stated that on publication The Unconsoled "was met by consternation, vilification..." and I can see entirely why. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Unresolved...is Ishiguro trying to screw with our minds?
Having read 'Never Let Me Go' and then 'Remains of the Day', by now I can truly say I am a fan of Ishiguro's writing style. Read more

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1.0 out of 5 stars The Unreadable
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1.0 out of 5 stars Why does everyone seem to rave about 'The Unconsoled'?
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1.0 out of 5 stars Frustration as art
The most annoying book I've ever read, like Kafka writing a soap opera with all of the good bits taken out. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Omri S. Suleiman

2.0 out of 5 stars somewhat puerile postmodernist lit - not my preference
A previous reviewer who likens experiencing the shifting, distorted context for this novel to that often depicted by Dali fails to take into account the fundamental difference... Read more

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