Cover of The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

1989 · historical fiction · adult

Set in 2 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

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.

Set in

  • Oxfordshire · United Kingdom
    fictional country house, Stevens serves as butler
    ★ primary
  • Cornwall · United Kingdom
    Stevens' West Country road trip destination

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