The Remains of a Day

After all, what do we have to gain by constantly reflecting on the past, blaming ourselves for the fact that our lives did not turn out the way we would have liked? Kazuo Ishiguro paints with his pen a moving portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and his world. , fading in the wake of World War II. Stevens, after decades of service at Darlington Hall, alone one day in the English countryside, embarks on a journey into the past in an attempt to reassure himself that he has served humanity by offering his services to the "gentleman of great moral stature," Lord Darlington. But in his memory linger doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's 'greatness', and even greater doubts about the nature of his own life.A modern classic, a beautiful evocation of life between two wars in an English manor house a haunting invocation of lost dreams and lost loves.

Category: Foreign literature
Book age category: 18+
Form pages: 328
Dimensions: 14 x 21
Weight: 0.42 kg