The Remains of the Day
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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 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
… More »WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 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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The great butlers are by great by virtue of their ability to inhabit their professional role and inhabit it to the utmost; they will not be shaken out by external events, however surprising, alarming, or vexing. They wear their professionalism as a decent gentleman will wear his suit; he will not let ruffians or circumstance tear it off him n the pubic gaze; he will discard it, when, and only when, he wills to do so, and this will invariably be when he is entirely alone. It is, as I say, a matter of 'dignity'.
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Add a CommentA superb book in every way: tone, characterization, structure and mood
Another required read for my education doctoral program, and enjoyed the story plus the themes that we discussed during a snowy week-end at UBC. The movie, while different in places, is equally good.
Beautifully written; one of my favourite books. I read this annually and truly empathize with the butler's sense of 'duty'.
Winner of Britain's Booker Prize, this original story brings us into the life of Stephens, an aging butler, who recounts major events that happened in his employer's household during the war years. Punctuated with humour, this story is about life's deeper tragedies. (Feb 2002) I also highly recommend Ishiguro's book, "When We Were Orphans," about British Colonialism in China.
I truly enjoyed reading this book, but wanted to shake him for so ruthlessly putting the requirements of his position before the requirements of himself as an individual. It is like the role has overtaken the person, leaving little room for any other aspects of life. A good warning about priorities
This book gives what appears to be a realistic and sensitive insite into the mind of a post WW2 butler of upper class Britain. I have no idea how true it is to the period, but I was drawn through the book.
This novel, deserving of its Booker Prize, is the story of an English butler who finds out too late what he has lost in life.
This book is all the more powerful because the story is told in an understated fashion by an unreliable and repressed narrator.
After many years of putting off reading this book, I found it to be one of the most delightful reads I have ever had. Now I wonder how I could have delayed reading this compelling story about the perfect English butler of a very large house now both in decline. After having spent his glory years serving Lord Darlington during the tumultuous Thirties, Stevens takes a trip in his new master''s car and finds his way down memory lane at the same time. His unrequited love for another of the staff from years before beckons him with a letter and he excitedly makes plans for her return to her duties and to his life. Expertly described and deliciously told, it was hard to put down until I finished the very last wonderful page.