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The Remains of the Day

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Remains of the Day
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kazuo Ishiguro
SeriesEveryman's Library CLASSICS
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:264
Dimensions(mm): Height 212,Width 130
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781841593494
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General
Illustrations None

Publishing Details

Publisher Everyman
Imprint Everyman's Library
Publication Date 28 September 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's third published novel. The work was awarded the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1989. A film adaptation of the novel, made in 1993 and starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, was nominated for eight Academy Awards. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past . . . A haunting tale of lost causes and lost love, The Remains of the Day, winner of the Booker Prize, contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House - within its walls can be heard ever more distinct echoes of the violent upheavals spreading across Europe.

Author Biography

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, on November 8, 1954. Books include Never Let Me Go (made into a film), When We Were Orphans, The Unconsoled, An Artist Of A Floating World, A Pale View of Hills and Nocturnes. In 1995, Ishiguro was named to the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to literature. He lives in London

Reviews

An era revealed in a perfect butler's imperfections * The New York Times *