One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character. A once-popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his life . . . A man wh
Nocturnes-Five Stories of Music and Nightfall (Short Story Collection)
โ Scribed by Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Book ID
- 107889798
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307273086
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