Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music, and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the 'hush-hush floor' of an exclusive Hollywood Hotel, the characters we encounter range from:

• Young dreamers
• Cafe musicians
• Faded stars

All of them are at some moment of reckoning.

A Quintet of Gentle, Intimate, and Witty Stories

Marked by a haunting theme, this collection delves into the struggle to keep alive a sense of life's romance, even as:

• One grows older
• Relationships founder
• Youthful hopes recede

Praise for Nocturnes

'Each of these stories is heartbreaking in its own way, but some have moments of great comedy, and they all require a level of attention that, typically, Ishiguro's writing rewards.'
— Observer

'[They] come up on you quietly, but then haunt you for days. These little pieces could only be the work of a great composer.'
— Evening Standard

'A fine and moving collection of stories, displaying his unique combination of the sad, the stoic and the consoling. It's about failure, but it dignifies failure, and with it, the human condition.'
— Margaret Drabble, Guardian