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The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

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*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available* WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 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. 'A triumph . . . This wholly convincing portrait of a human life unweaving before your eyes i...

First published: 1989 233 pages ISBN: 9780571249350
Category
Literature
Priority
Must-Read
Author works
7
Language
eng
Subjects
Man Booker Prize Winneraward:man_booker_prize=1989LiteratureHousehold employeesButlersCountry homesDomesticsFictionCountry homes -- FictionMan-woman relationships

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