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. Ishiguro's extraordinary study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication by consternation, vilification - and the highest praise.
- ISBN13 9780571225392
- Publish Date 3 March 2005 (first published 1 May 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 February 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 544
- Language English