The Remains of the DayKazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
4.228 ratings on Open Library254 pagesFirst published 1989Standalone
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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