The Unconsoled
By: Kazuo Ishiguro.
Publisher: Faber
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 535
Description: Ryder, a musician of international renown, is checking in to a hotel in a city somewhere in Central Europe. He has the distinct recollection he is due to perform in the Civic Concert Hall in a few days time, but as Gustav, the hotel porter, escorts him to his room, it occurs to him there is much more to this visit than he had at first anticipated…