Stevens, the venerable butler of an English stately home, goes through his life during a summer road trip in 1956, a story told in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Remains of the Day.
The reader is overcome by melancholy, compassion, and wonder: how did life go, and how quickly? What things in life are worth catching? What's the dusk of life like? The reader can sense seriousness and playfulness, commitment and letting go, intimacy and distance, longing and fear for intimacy, honour and shame in this touching novel. The British class society and history loom in the background. The language of the book is enchanting. Highly recommendable reading.
Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day (1989)
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