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This book is the author's first collection of short stories. The whole book uses music as a clue and consists of five seemingly independent but interrelated stories. The main characters in the story are all related to music: a frustrated restaurant musician, a faded singer, a self-admired cellist, a saxophonist who was forced to undergo plastic surgery for success, etc. Most of them are passionate about music but full of complaints about life. The plot may be absurd or lamentable. Using the theme of musical life, it expresses the author's consistent reflection on the living conditions of modern people: the gap between ideals and reality, the mockery of fate, the torture of talent, and the suppressed emotions controlled by the huge social machine...

Kazuo Ishiguro's most experimental works explore the human condition of existence under an irresistible environment. Pianist Rhett walked into a small town in Central Europe and also walked into a dream. In this mysterious city, the people he met were all obsessed with ideas and full of strange theories; the things he encountered were all bizarre and full of strange variables. Sometimes he is a bystander, sometimes he is involved. In the process of trying to find the exit from the dream and seeking an explanation for all this, he gradually realized that he was facing the most severe performance in his life. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

"The End of the Day" is a work by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro that won the Booker Prize in 1989. It is also Ishiguro's most important masterpiece. The 1993 film of the same name (also known as "Goodbye"), a remake of the novel, starred the famous British actors Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and six British Academy Film Awards, and became a classic in film history. The novel unfolds with the memories of butler Stevens, telling the various experiences he had during his more than thirty years of service to Lord Darlington. Although he reached the peak of his career, Stevens suppressed his own emotions too coldly and pursued perfect performance of his duties. He missed the last time his father was on his deathbed, and then missed love. Through the protagonist's memories, the novel unravels a person's life journey in front of the readers' eyes. It also reflects the international political landscape during the extraordinary period between World War I and World War II.

This is a memory full of mist, both real and illusory. After the war in Nagasaki, a mother and daughter who suffered a lot longed for stability and rebirth, but they could never escape the shadow of the war and their inner demons. At the end of the play, the remembrancer peels off his disguise, and the story is full of tragedy. "Shadow of a Distant Mountain (Series of Works by Kazuo Ishiguro)" is Kazuo Ishiguro's debut work that shocked the literary world. It is a masterpiece that is still being reprinted 30 years after its publication. The fusion and balance of "sentimentality and irony" are still memorable.

An elegy for the decline of an empire, a passing love; is it worth dedicating one's life to achieving a career, and achieving nothingness? "The End of the Day" is a work by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro that won the Booker Prize in 1989. It is also Ishiguro's most important masterpiece. The novel unfolds with the memories of butler Stevens, telling the various experiences he had during his more than thirty years of service to Lord Darlington. Although he reached the peak of his career, Stevens suppressed his emotions too coldly and pursued perfection in performing his duties. He missed the last time his father was on his deathbed, and then missed love. Through the protagonist's memories, the novel unravels a person's life journey in front of the readers' eyes. It also reflects the international political landscape during the extraordinary period between World War I and World War II. The 1993 film of the same name (also known as "Goodbye"), a remake of the novel, starred the famous British actors Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and six British Academy Film Awards, and became a classic in film history. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

"1984" in the era of bioengineering: If you can see the end of your destiny in advance, should you still work hard to pursue beauty? "Never Lose, Never Forget" is one of the masterpieces of Kazuo Ishiguro, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. In Hailsham School, deep in the English countryside, three good friends, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, grew up here. They were carefully cared for by their tutors and received a good education in poetry and art. However, Hailsham, which seems like a paradise, hides many secrets. After the three Caseys grew up, they gradually discovered that the beautiful growth process in their memories was full of confusion and terrifying questions that could not be traced... "Don't Lose, Never Forget" is a science fiction novel with a dystopian color. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize and the American Book Critics Circle Award. It was remade into a movie of the same name in 2010, starring British actress Keira Knightley. It was remade into a 10-episode Japanese drama in 2016, starring Haruka Ayase and Haruma Miura. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.