The Unconsoled irene queer history and literary nonconformity

queer history and literary nonconformity

her chimeras

Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters

Set against a frozen January landscape

and “radiant” (The New York Times)

The Unconsoled irene queer history and literary nonconformitySet in a nameless Central European city, The Unconsoled follows Ryder, a world famous pianist who arrives to deliver the most significant performance of his careeronly to be swept into a maze of baffling requests and surreal detours. Each unexpected errand pulls him further from his concert, yet closer to unsettling revelations about his own past. In this brilliantly imaginative novel, Ishiguro delivers a virtuoso performance of his ownstrange,