postmodern fiction · 1989
The Remains of the Day
1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
- 1989
- postmodern fiction
- historical fiction
- ◆ Nobel-winning author
Summary
The Remains of the Day is a 1989 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro. The protagonist, Stevens, is a butler with a long record of service at Darlington Hall, a fictitious stately home near Oxford, England. In 1956, he takes a road trip to visit a former colleague, and reminisces about events at Darlington Hall in the 1920s and 1930s.
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