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The Remains of The Day
and An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005 · 264 pages
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past . . . A haunting tale of lost causes and lost love, The Remains of the Day, winner of the Booker Prize, contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House - within its walls can be heard ever more distinct echoes of the violent upheavals spreading across Europe.
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Jeff Bezos
“What are your three favorite books? My favorite novel is The Remains of the Day.”↗
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“It’s a stunning book, and the movie came close to being just as stunning”↗
R.F. Kuang
“I think of them as counterparts to each other, dealing with the legacy of the Second World War, and they are just gorgeous. I’m influenced by the craft, the patience, the subtle handling of the themes – it’s one of the best treatments of post-war guilt.”↗
Emerald Fennell
“I love all of Ishiguro’s books, but this Booker Prize–winning novel, about a love between a butler and housekeeper that goes unspoken, is the one that most effectively rips your heart out. A perfect story of lost love and regret, it is masterful at showing the foolishness — and, often, cruelty — that is at the heart of British restraint.”↗
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