The Remains of the Day

Name: The Remains of the Day
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
ISBN: 9788806134815

by Kazuo Ishiguro

1989 · historical fiction · adult

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Set in 4 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.

Awards

Booker Prize (1989)winner

Screen adaptations

The Remains of the Day (1993)film
The Remains of the Day (1994)film

Set in

★
Oxfordshire · United Kingdom
fictional country house, Stevens serves as butler
★ primary
Cornwall · United Kingdom
Stevens' West Country road trip destination
Salisbury · United Kingdom
Day 1 stop on Stevens' motoring trip
Weymouth · United Kingdom
Journey's end, pier scene