num_pages: 535
description: 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 and original study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication by consternation, vilification – and the highest praise.
language: English
title: The Unconsoled
titlecomplete: The Unconsoled
characters: Boris, Stephan Hoffman, Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Ryder, Sophie, Miss Collins, Gustav, Leo Brodsky, Miss Stratmann
genres: 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Music, Literature, Fantasy, Japan, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 14772
places: Europe, Central Europe
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Cheltenham Prize for Literature, awardedAt: 1577865600000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: Faber and Faber