{"product_id":"kazuo-ishiguro-the-unconsoled-first-uk-edition-hardcover-1995","title":"Kazuo Ishiguro - The Unconsoled - First UK Edition Hardcover (1995)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD — This copy is no longer available.\u003c\/strong\u003e This listing is retained as a bibliographic reference. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-fiction-1960-present\"\u003eBrowse our available Contemporary Fiction books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- x-tinymce\/html --\u003e\u003cp data-end=\"473\" data-start=\"190\"\u003eA first edition, first printing of \u003cem data-end=\"241\" data-start=\"225\"\u003eThe Unconsoled\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cspan\u003eKazuo Ishiguro\u003c\/span\u003e, published by Faber and Faber, London, in 1995. A near fine copy, with clean, unmarked pages and a firm binding. Housed in a very good original dust jacket, showing only light handling wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"870\" data-start=\"475\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"491\" data-start=\"475\"\u003eThe Unconsoled\u003c\/em\u003e is Ishiguro’s fourth novel and his most formally ambitious work, unfolding as a dreamlike narrative in which time, memory, and identity dissolve into a single, disorienting continuum. Following a celebrated pianist through an unnamed European city, the novel explores anxiety, obligation, and artistic expectation in a style that departs sharply from Ishiguro’s earlier realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"664\"\u003eThis first UK edition represents an important transitional point in Ishiguro’s career, marking his decisive turn toward experimental narrative forms and standing as one of the most challenging and discussed works in his bibliography, preceding \u003cem data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1186\"\u003eWhen We Were Orphans\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1208\"\u003eNever Let Me Go.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47555733094452,"sku":"INK0055","price":38.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3648\/4916\/files\/57_5b776bf4-5f6b-4f9d-9bc7-74445e5e702a.jpg?v=1772789027","url":"https:\/\/www.inkandsignaturebooks.com.au\/products\/kazuo-ishiguro-the-unconsoled-first-uk-edition-hardcover-1995","provider":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}