"Expressive and harmonic, delicate yet substantive. . . . [A] true virtuoso performance."–
Christian Science Monitor "In both craft and substance Nocturnes reveals a master at work."–
Seattle Times "Immaculate."–
Los Angeles Times "Ishiguro is, as always, a master of style and tone . . . . [
Nocturnes] build[s] into a melancholic soundtrack. We're helpless to do anything but listen."–
Time Out New York "Tight and assured. . . . Suffused with sympathy." -
-Time "These stories recall Ishiguro's best known novel,
The Remains of the Day. . . . By now it is clear that this exquisite stylist is serious in his pursuit of a minimal - perhaps even universal - mode of expression for the emotional experiences that define our lives as human."–
The Times, London
"Superb . . . a deceptively plain and easy style that rides on the surfaces of manners and decorous behavior."–
Providence Journal "A brilliant new book . . . art, its dangers, its pains and its gaiety [are] all topics seriously considered in this accomplished book."-
Frank Kermode, London Review of Books
"Ishiguro blends musical concepts with their literary counterparts in his latest work, and
Nocturnes has the . . . quality of a song cycle with recurring themes and motifs developed in different prose keys."–
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