The Remains of the Day
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- ID: 68
- Added: 2025-08-30
- Updated: 2025-08-30
- Reviews: 3
*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available* WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past. 'A triumph . . . This wholly convincing portrait of a human life unweaving before your eyes is inventive and absorbing, by turns funny, absurd and ultimately very moving.' Sunday Times 'A dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and heart-rending study of personality, class and culture.' New York TImes Book Review
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- Overall Book club rating - 4.8/5
- A compelling page turner which also deservedly won the Booker Prize.
- Highly recommended for its emotional depth and character study.
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- The Remains of the Day is a strange book, and a brilliant one too.
- It's not quite a satire, but it is definitely a multilayered critique.
- The book challenges readers to think beyond the surface.
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- The Remains of the Day blew me away.
- It is absorbing, beautifully composed, moving, and deep.
- The way the story explores memory and regret is profound.