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Summary. *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 ...
The remains of the day.-Large print ed. Charnwood library series I. Title 823[F] ISBN 0-7089-8564-5 Published by F. A. Thorpe (Publishing) Ltd. Anstey, Leicestershire Set by Words & Graphics Ltd. Anstey, Leicestershire Printed and bound in Great Britain by T.J. Press {Padstow} Ltd., Padstow, Cornwall
The Remains of the Day is a spellbinding portrayal of a vanished way of life and a haunting meditation on the high cost of duty. It is also one of the most subtle, sad and humorous love stories ever written.
Oct 2, 2012 · The Remains of the Day. Kazuo Ishiguro. 4.00. 4 ratings 0 reviews. Want to read. Kindle $4.99. Rate this book. Hardcover. Published October 2, 2012. Book details ...
Jul 27, 2017 · Remains of the Day. For more than 50 years, the German novelist Christa Wolf kept an unusual diary: She recorded the events of just one day — Sept. 27. The project began as an assignment by a ...
A haunting tale of lost causes and lost love, The Remains of the Day, winner of the Booker Prize, contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House - within its walls can be heard ever more distinct echoes of the violent upheavals spreading across Europe. Read more.
Synopsis. This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and of his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself ...
