The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro Romance knowing that only the painting

knowing that only the painting will show his moral corruption

His work has been translated into over fifty languages

Bound in real cloth

As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation

The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro Romance knowing that only the paintingA haunting and utterly original novel in which a famous pianist confronts unresolved emotional aspects of his life. 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.