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The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by Kazuo Ishiguro (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 49 customer reviews (49 customer reviews)

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Introduction to the text
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Author biography
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Modern and historical critical approaches
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An elderly butler is on a five-day motoring trip through the West Country in the 1950s. The climax of his journey is to be a reunion with his former housekeeper. This 1989 Booker Prize-winner attempts to capture a period in British history and draw a portrait of a man in old age.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book - surely among the best, 9 April 2007
By Ms. Rebecca Hancox "Becky" (Pontefract, West Yorkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
I bought this book a long while ago for a reason I don't remember, it must have been a recommendation, but it has been sitting on my bookshelf ever since. The other day I was looking for something to read and I went for The Remains of the Day. This book is a masterpiece. Beautifully written with intriguing characters I could have started this book over the moment I finished the last page. What I find most interesting is how the emotions of the repressed central character Stevens are only revealed by others reaction to him, he remains stoic and "dignified" to the end, despite ultimately coming realise he has wasted his life serving the misguided Lord Darlington. Kazuo Ishiguro has the most amazing grasp of the upstairs/downstairs England of yesteryear and I cannot recommend this beautiful and moving novel highly enough - fully deserving of its Booker Prize (not something to be said about them all!)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful, 4 Jun 2004
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Other reviewers have already explained the plot behind the book very nicely, so I will only add that in terms of writing, this is as good as it gets. It also goes to show that you don't have to have a prodigious vocabulary a la Will Self (not to knock him, but he is the perfect example of this) to create a work of art. This book is written in fairly simple language, but the language is used so elegantly that it is much more of a pleasure to read than certain other authors who seem to feel that the only way to impress their readers is to baffle them. I find that Ishiguro's other novels, while all brilliant in their own right, do not quite match up to this quite superb novel (although this is like saying that Van Gogh never quite equalled "Sunflowers").
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, 6 Jul 2006
By Catfish "Ania" (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews
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It's amazing that it is a Japanese writer who has written a novel which portrays the essence of Englishness. It reads extremely well and the first person narration is a wonderful device, resulting in a lot of irony and self-delusion. The butler who narrates the entire story is an amazing creation, he totally gets on my nerves, but I think this is how Ishiguro intended the reader to respond. He is not a man without faults no matter how hard he tries to convince himself otherwise, and Ishiguro creates a wonderful contrast between what he says and what the reader thinks of him. If you're looking for a novel which explores character, memory and nostalgia, this will be the perfect read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling read
I read this book as part of my university course and really enjoyed it. the main character, Stevens, is flawed and he does not even realise it. Read more
Published 10 days ago by L. M. Satherley

4.0 out of 5 stars Quiet, economical but excellent
Told in the first person by Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall, this is a very quiet, economically written book that's a thoroughly absorbing read. Read more
Published 2 months ago by tybalt-quin

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer beauty
As good as the movie is with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, to me the book is better still. Written in extremely simple and beautiful language (a perfect rendition of how a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Didier

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Stevens is among the finest creations in English literature
The story of The Remains of the Day unfolds in a strange but effective way. The narrator is Mr. Stevens, the key character in the novel, and it is his voice that tells the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jim Bruce

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've ever read
I really enjoyed this book. It's a gently tol