Source : The Pioneer
Bhopal : Life’s not just about loving one person, a line beautifully drafted by noted writer and noble prize winner English novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, dominated the discussion at the book reading session of the book ‘Nocturnes’ organised by the Book Club of Club Literati on Saturday evening.
A compilation of five short fiction stories ‘Crooner’, ‘Come Rain or Come shine’, ‘Malvren hills’, ‘Nocturnes’ and ‘Cellists’,
Nocturnes is the Ishiguro’s first collection of short stories. where in each story is based on music, musicians and nightfall. The stories were narrated by President Club Literati Seema Raizada, Kamolini Deb, Vivek Mishra and Vinita Choudhury.
The evening took off with a melodious musical recital by Diksha Dixit and was accompanied by guitar. This was the second book reading session of Club Literati.
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall is a 2009 collection of short fiction by Kazuo Ishiguro. After six novels, it is Ishiguro’s first collection of short stories, though described by the publisher as a “story cycle”. As the subtitle suggests, each of the five stories focuses on music and musicians, and the close of day. The hardback was published by Faber and Faber in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2009 and in the United States by Knopf in September 2009.
One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives the readers his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character.
It was a great experience for the reading lovers of the city.
