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An elderly butler is on a five-day motoring trip through the West Country in the 1950s. The climax of his journey is to be a reunion with his former housekeeper. This 1989 Booker Prize-winner attempts to capture a period in British history and draw a portrait of a man in old age.
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- Released
- 1993
- Pages
- 245
- ISBN10
- 0571171311
- ISBN13
- 9780571171316
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, Society, England, Literary Fiction, Great Britain, Adapted for Film, English Literature, Journey, Satire, Modernism, Customs and Traditions, Manor, Pride, Booker Prize, Servants, Chamberlains, Servants, Footmen
- First published
- 1989
- Original title
- The Remains of the Day
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- An elderly butler is on a five-day motoring trip through the West Country in the 1950s. The climax of his journey is to be a reunion with his former housekeeper. This 1989 Booker Prize-winner attempts to capture a period in British history and draw a portrait of a man in old age.