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The Remains of the Day Mass Market Paperback – 1 August 2010

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Winner 1989 Booker Prize: A tragic, spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England. From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go.

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 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, of lost causes and lost love.
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    1 August 2010
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    12.6 x 1.6 x 19.8 cm
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  1. Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day. After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?
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  3. ‘You’ve got to enjoy yourself. The evening’s the best part of the day. You’ve done your day’s work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it. That’s how I look at it. Ask anybody, they’ll all tell you. The evening’s the best part of the day.’
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Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of six novels, A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, The Unconsoled, When We Were Orphans and Never Let Me Go. He received an OBE for Services to Literature in 1995, and the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0571258247
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Faber Paperback; Main edition (1 August 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780571258246
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0571258246
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.6 x 1.6 x 19.8 cm
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    KAZUO ISHIGURO was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight previous works of fiction have earned him many honors around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages, and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both made into acclaimed films, have each sold more than 2 million copies. He was given a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan.

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Deirdre E Siegel
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in Australia on 6 December 2023
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Great listen, this is a reflection of life by the Butler and Housekeeper of a large country house and their personal interpretations of each other based on conversations.
Second reading and this book still provokes musing, thanks for your collected words Kazuo Ishiguro and your eloquence Dominic West :-)
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Ian B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Satire?
Reviewed in Australia on 6 September 2022
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Perhaps I did not understand this book at all. Our hero, Stevens the Buttler does seem very dim witted. He is totally absorbed in the minutia of his job to the point of having no personal life at all. He is almost completely devoid of life, he is oblivious to it, it passes under his nose but he remains aloof, not comprehending, not participating in the nougat of life. Perhaps that is the point, achieved by extreme example, to show us the importance of choosing the life of personal relationships.
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Chimeracat
5.0 out of 5 stars touching and nostalgic
Reviewed in Australia on 28 November 2023
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Probably a bit slow for younger readers but I found this book both touching and nostalgic. A world,and characters, long gone, but who still resonate today.
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Louise Boyce
3.0 out of 5 stars A Bit Tedious
Reviewed in Australia on 10 September 2021
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I found this book quite dull. The narrators constant analysis of what make s a good butler was tedious. Am I missing something? I read to the end as I don’t like giving up on a book part way through, but it didn’t improve.
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Rebecca Main
4.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully quaint and a little sad
Reviewed in Australia on 17 June 2021
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The English stiff upper lip is firmly present in this novel yet it manages to be a charming look into being a butler in a gentleman’s house between the two great wars. Different and beautifully written.
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Shaz198
5.0 out of 5 stars A dignified journey
Reviewed in Australia on 23 February 2018
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Who’d have ever thought that one could get so lost in the ramblings and memories of a stubborn old butler?
What a beautiful story. And with so many morals to heed in our own lives.
Stevens is an endearing loyal butler to Lord Darlington and lives his life abiding by strict and unwavering morals and values...especially the personal trait he values more than any other...true dignity, which he carries out with the utmost importance.
While his staunchness is something for others to behold and admire...he finds it ultimately costs him dearly in some facets of his life.
Some of Stevens’ thoughts and some passages in this book made me feel quite emotional and had me thinking back and reminiscing these days,about long forgotten manners,loyalty, respect ....and indeed dignity.
A wonderful book.
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Simone
5.0 out of 5 stars The Remains of the Day
Reviewed in Australia on 15 June 2022
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Brilliant read, super applicable and relatable to everyday life, the feelings of melancholy as Stevens ended each of his recounts were lovely
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Winter
4.0 out of 5 stars It's an easy read, not always a comfortable read
Reviewed in Australia on 8 July 2015
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I was under the impression that this was a romance and it is, in it's own way but it is so much more. It's an easy read, not always a comfortable read, the characters do make you squirm at times, and it leaves you thinking when the book is done. It is a character study, a history lesson, a travel guide and a romance all rolled into one. Deserving of it's status as a modern classic.
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Rahel S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Delight
Reviewed in Canada on 26 January 2024
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I don't know why I put off reading this book, the movie does not even come close (though it's close enough) to give it justice. Superb writing and very astute study of human nature and foibles. Highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very satisfied.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Einer meiner lieblingsschriftsteller
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2.0 out of 5 stars Spijtige manier van leveren
Reviewed in Belgium on 14 March 2024
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Boek beschadigd door levering “in de brievenbus”… als het niet past dan past het niet, maar blijkbaar dan toch forceren. Zeer jammer want op meerdere plaatsen zijn er nu kreuken en deuken in het boek.
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Boek beschadigd door levering “in de brievenbus”… als het niet past dan past het niet, maar blijkbaar dan toch forceren. Zeer jammer want op meerdere plaatsen zijn er nu kreuken en deuken in het boek.
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Anupama
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful read!
Reviewed in India on 27 December 2023
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I thoroughly loved this book. Loved the subtle humor and the too-professional conversations between Mr. Stevens and Miss Kenton. Although Mr.Stevens never deviates from his too-professional attitude, you can sense his feelings for Miss Kenton. Until the end, I hoped that Mr. Stevens would make up for what he has lost, but the ending didn't disappoint me either.

Recommend this book to those who wish to explore the world of lords, butlers-the standards they were expected to live up to sacrificing their personal life in the journey.
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