The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Man Booker Prize Winner2002 · 285 pages · ~5 hr read

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro
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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 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, of lost causes and lost love.

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What is The Remains of the Day about?

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 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, of lost causes and lost love.

Who wrote The Remains of the Day?

The Remains of the Day was written by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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