The Remains of the Day
An English butler reflects on a lifetime of devoted service and the love he quietly, fatally suppressed.
Mood Emotional
Pacing Slow Burn
Complexity Moderately Complex
Pages 258
Reading Time
~9–13 hrs
An English butler reflects on a lifetime of devoted service and the love he quietly, fatally suppressed.
About This Book
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is “an intricate and dazzling novel” (The New York Times) about the perfect butler and his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want to feel something deeply, books that stay with you long after the last page. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. It takes its time, and that's the point. Patience is rewarded. If you prefer to read at arm's length, this one may get too close.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something moving and emotionally resonant, and a read that's slow and deeply immersive.
What It Explores
The Remains of the Day explores identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, loss and what remains after it, and love in its most complicated forms.
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