The Unconsoled irene A creative spirit learns that

A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in this gentle fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book The Dot

queer history and literary nonconformity

Magick isn’t always the answer

but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft

and “radiant” (The New York Times)

The Unconsoled irene A creative spirit learns thatSet 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,