#47 in Short stories
Nocturnes
- 240
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
In “Nocturnes”, Kazuo Ishiguro turns from the novel to five linked stories, each shaped around music and the coming of night. After six novels it was his first collection, which its publisher calls a story cycle. Some readers get to know the characters quickly, though one story strikes them as too strange. Anyone expecting a novel should know it is not one; readers curious about Ishiguro in a shorter form are well served.
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About the book
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall is a 2009 collection of short fiction by Kazuo Ishiguro. After six novels, it is Ishiguro's first collection of short stories, though it is described by the publisher as a "story cycle". As the subtitle suggests, each of the five stories focuses on music and musicians, and the close of day. The hardback was published by Faber and Faber in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2009 and in the United States by Knopf in September 2009.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 76 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 34% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Short stories average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 76 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Nocturnes?
It has 240 pages — shorter than 53% of the ranked books in Short stories.
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