The Unconsoled

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The Unconsoled is a surreal, dreamlike novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that follows a famous pianist wandering through an unnamed European city as he struggles with memory, identity, and obligation.

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instanceOf dreamlike novel
novel
surreal novel
author Kazuo Ishiguro NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
followedBy When We Were Orphans NERFINISHED
genre literary fiction
postmodern literature
psychological fiction
surrealism
hasAdaptation The Unconsoled (radio adaptation) NERFINISHED
hasCharacter Boris NERFINISHED
Brodsky NERFINISHED
Gustav NERFINISHED
Hoffmann NERFINISHED
Leo Brodsky NERFINISHED
Miss Collins NERFINISHED
Miss Stratmann NERFINISHED
Ryder NERFINISHED
Sophie NERFINISHED
hasForm prose
hasISBN 9780571173243
9780679427320
hasLiteraryMovement postmodernism
hasStyle nonlinear narrative
stream of consciousness
literaryAward Cheltenham Prize for Literature NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Ryder NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person narrative
notableFor dreamlike atmosphere
shifting time and space
unconventional narrative structure
unreliable narration
originalLanguage English
originalPublicationDate 1995-05-01
pageCount 535
partOfBibliographyOf Kazuo Ishiguro NERFINISHED
precededBy The Remains of the Day NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation pianist
publicationYear 1995
publisher Faber and Faber NERFINISHED
Knopf NERFINISHED
setting unnamed European city
theme alienation
disorientation
failure of communication
identity
memory
obligation

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Kazuo Ishiguro notableWork The Unconsoled