The Remains Of The Day Book

Judging by the name of the author i thought i would have to read a book based on japan and japanese culture.

The remains of the day book. The remains of the day kazuo ishiguro the remains of the day is a 1989 novel by nobel prize winning british writer kazuo ishiguro. The remains of the day by kazuo ishiguro what is this about. The remains of the day everyman s library cloth by kazuo ishiguro 2012 10 02. Here ishiguro breaks new ground with a slow moving rumination on the world of the english country house butler.

The protagonist stevens is a butler with a long record of service at darlington hall a stately home near oxford england. You meet the most amazing humane perfectly mannered sensible sensitive butler ever. Paused you re listening to a sample of the audible audio edition. The remains of the day.

In 1956 he takes a road trip to visit a former colleague and reminisces about events at darlington hall in the 1920s and 1930s. The remains of the day the third novel by kazuo ishiguro was published in 1989 to great acclaim winning the man booker prize for literature. 4 1989 an artist of the floating world featured japanese characters. In the summer of 1956 stevens a long serving butler at darlington hall decides to take a motoring trip through the west country.

For 35 years stevens was lord darlington s butler giving faithful service. Flip to back flip to front. The remains of the day is a 1989 novel by the nobel prize winning british author kazuo ishiguro. It s about the dying generation of butlers.