The Unconsoled

作者 Kazuo Ishiguro著
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 2011年11月第1版
ISBN 9780679735878
定价 138.00

内容简介

TheUnconsoledisatonceagrippingpsychologicalmystery，awickedsatireofthecultofart，andapoignantcharacterstudyofamanwhosepubliclifehasacceleratedbeyondhiscontrol.ThesettingisanamelessCentralEuropeancitywhereRyder，arenownedpianist，hascometogivethemostimportantperformanceofhislife.Instead，hefindshimselfdivertedonaseriesofcrypticandinfuriatingerrandsthatneverthelessprovidehimwithvitalcluestohisownpast.InTheUnconsoledIshigurocreatesaworkthatisitselfavirtuosoperformance，strange，haunting，andresonantwithhumanityandwit."Aworkofgreatinterestandoriginality....Ishigurohasmappedoutanaestheticterritorythatisallhisown...franklyfantastic[and]fiercerandfunnierthanbefore."--"TheNewYorker

作者简介

KazuoIshigurowasborninNagasaki,Japan,in1954andmovedtoBritainattheageoffive.Heistheauthoroffivenovels,includingTheRemainsoftheDay,aninternationalbestsellerthatwontheBookerPrizeandwasadaptedintoanaward-winningfilm.Ishiguro'sworkhasbeentranslatedintotwenty-eightlanguages.In1995,hereceivedanOrderoftheBritishEmpireforservicetoliterature,andin1998wasnamedaChevalierdel'OrdredesArtsetdesLettresbytheFrenchgovernment.HelivesinLondonwithhiswifeanddaughter.,,