![]() Reflecting on his years of service, he must re-examine his life in the face of changing Britain, and question whether his dignity and properness have come at a greater cost to himself. Ishiguro’s work has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide…Stevens, the long-serving butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside, but also into his own past. ![]() ![]() This is a haunting evocation of lost causes and lost love, and an elegy for England at a time of acute change. David Lodge, chairman of the judges in 1989, said, it’s \”a cunningly structured and beautifully paced performance\”. ![]() The Remains of the Day won the 1989 Booker Prize and cemented Kazuo Ishiguro’s place as one of the world’s greatest writers. Title: Remains of the Day, The: Faber Modern Classics 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. ![]()
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