The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

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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.

ISBN: 9783499232947

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Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

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"What are your three favorite books? My favorite novel is The Remains of the Day."

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"My favorite novel. Teaches pain of regret so well you will think you lived it."

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Emma Watson

Emma Watson

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"Emma Watson cites The Remains of the Day as one of her favourite books for its expression of the consequences of discretion."

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