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The Remains of the Day
Hardback
Main Details
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The Remains of the Day
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Kazuo Ishiguro
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Series | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:264 | Dimensions(mm): Height 212,Width 130 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781841593494
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Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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Illustrations |
None
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Everyman
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Imprint |
Everyman's Library
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Publication Date |
28 September 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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
ReviewsAn era revealed in a perfect butler's imperfections * The New York Times *
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