The Unconsoled
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The Vibe
Ryder is a famous pianist who arrives in an unnamed European city for a concert. Everyone expects things from him. Buildings change shape. Time doesn't work. He can never quite reach where he's going. Ishiguro's most divisive and ambitious novel is a 544-page anxiety dream about obligation, expectation, and the terror of never being enough.