Bibliograph

The remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro

Type

Label

The remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The remains of the day

Oclc number

21561978

Responsibility statement

Kazuo Ishiguro

Series statement

Vintage International

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 7.9, 13, 16721.

Summary

The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second World War, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him -- oblivious, for instance, of the fact that his aristocrat employer is a Nazi sympathizer. Still, there are even larger matters at stake in this heartbreaking, pitch-perfect novel -- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence

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