Come Rain or Come Shine by Kazuo Ishiguro. Short summary

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Raymond comes to visit longtime friends, Emily and Charlie. When he arrives, he learns that the couple are on the verge of divorce. The hero is forced to reconcile his old friends.

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A short story from the collection «Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Twilight.» English teacher Raymond is invited to visit his old university friends.

Charlie and Emily fell in love while still at university and haven’t parted ways since their sophomore year. But when Raymond arrives at his friends’ house, he finds out that the couple are now on the verge of divorce. The husband and wife, who loved each other tenderly before, have become estranged. They quarrel frequently over trifles and often misunderstand each other.

Raymond tries to reconcile them. The hero takes each of the spouses out for a frank conversation. Charlie thinks that Emily thinks he is a loser, but that deep down she still loves him. Emily, on the other hand, longs for her youth with its carefree attitude and ardent feelings.

In the end, Emily concludes that Charlie is good and that they should make up.