The Remains of the Day
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely motoring holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past... A haunting tale of lost causes and a lost love, The Remains of the Day contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evoca...
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Faber and Faber
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Περίληψη: | In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely motoring holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...
A haunting tale of lost causes and a lost love, The Remains of the Day contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House -within those walls can be heard ever more distinct echoes of the violent upheavals spreading across Europe. |
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