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The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

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Stoic butler's poignant journey of self-revelation.

If you've ever pondered the roads not taken in life, "The Remains of the Day" could touch you deeply. Ishiguro masterfully unfolds Stevens' introspection and the yearning beneath his stoicism, challenging you to reflect on your own life's choices and the nature of dignity. Perhaps in Stevens' unspoken love and dutiful sacrifices, you'll find a mirror to the complexity of human emotion.

  • Booker Prize (1989)
  • Deutscher Hörbuchpreis for Bester Interpret (2019)
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The Remains of the Day

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ISBN: 9780571171316
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date of Publication: 1989-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.14
(rated by 335043 readers)

Description

In 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into the past of Stevens and England, a past that takes in fascism, two world wars and an unrealised love between the butler and his housekeeper. Ishiguro's dazzling novel is a sad and humorous love story, a meditation on the condition of modern man, and an elegy for England at a time of acute change.
 

Stoic butler's poignant journey of self-revelation.

If you've ever pondered the roads not taken in life, "The Remains of the Day" could touch you deeply. Ishiguro masterfully unfolds Stevens' introspection and the yearning beneath his stoicism, challenging you to reflect on your own life's choices and the nature of dignity. Perhaps in Stevens' unspoken love and dutiful sacrifices, you'll find a mirror to the complexity of human emotion.

  • Booker Prize (1989)
  • Deutscher Hörbuchpreis for Bester Interpret (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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