The Unconsoled

By Kazuo Ishiguro

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The Unconsoled (1995) is Kazuo Ishiguro's fourth novel. Ryder, an English concert pianist, arrives in an unnamed Central European city to give a concert, but finds himself pulled into the requests and crises of the townspeople, who seem to know him and expect him to solve their problems. Over three dreamlike days, time and space bend, figures from his own past and family appear among the strangers, and his preparations for the concert keep being interrupted.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “Too many to list so let me just name four. In fiction, Kazuo Ishiguro, whose first three books — “A Pale View of Hills,” “An Artist of the Floating World” and “The Remains of the Day” — are works of genius.”