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Kazuo Ishiguro
Summary
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. It is the summer of 1956, when Stevens, a man who has dedicated himself to his career as a perfect butler in the one-time great house of Darlington Hall, sets off on a holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and, unexpectedly, into his own past, especially his friendship with the housekeeper, Miss Kenton. As memories surface of his lifetime "in service" to Lord Darlington, and of his life between the wars, when the fate of the continent seemed to lie in the hands of a few men, he finds himself confronting the dark undercurrent beneath the carefully run world of his employer.
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What the critics say
“Marvellous. . . . Superb.” —The Globe and Mail
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Stevens, an English butler reminisces on his life at Darlington Hall in this Kazuo Ishiguro novel.
After the death of Lord Darlington, and a pruning of the staff, Stevens is in need of a skilled housekeeper and sets out to recruit Miss Kenton to her former role. During his travels to her home in the country, we learn progressively more about Lord Darlington, and Miss Kenton through a series of flashbacks, and it becomes obvious there's more to the stories as pieces come together.
This was a warm and cuddly mystery that I couldn't put down. And it turns out it was adapted to film in the 90s, so I can spend a little more time with Stevens and the English countryside.
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