The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

By Kazuo Ishiguro

Pages

258

Rating

4.29

Year

1989

FictionHistorical FictionClassicsModern And Contemporary FictionHistoricalLiterature

Description

A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House.

In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past.

Endorsements

Winner of the Booker Prize

'A triumph... This wholly convincing portrait of a human life unweaving before your eyes is inventive and absorbing, by turns funny, absurd and ultimately very moving.' — Sunday Times

'A dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and heart-rending study of personality, class and culture.' — New York Times Book Review

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