The narrator of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel is the quintessential English butler who has outlived the heyday of country-house society. It is 1956, and Stevens, after more than three decades of service at Darlington Hall, treats himself to a summer holiday. During a leisurely drive through the English countryside, he looks back on his career to reassure himself that he has achieved h...
The narrator of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel is the quintessential English butler who has outlived the heyday of country-house society. It is 1956, and Stevens, after more than three decades of service at Darlington Hall, treats himself to a summer holiday. During a leisurely drive through the English countryside, he looks back on his career to reassure himself that he has achieved his professional ideal: to serve humanity by serving 'a great gentleman'. His journey into the past uncovers doubts about the part his late employer, Lord Darlington, played in the politics of the inter-war years, and even greater doubts as to what his own life has been.
An entertaining comedy of manners and a compelling character study, The Remains of the Day is above all a moving portrayal of the human capacity for self-deception, a story that transcends the time and place the author so vividly evokes. The Remains of the Day won the Booker Prize in 1989 and became an international bestseller. It was adapted into an award-winning film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, on November 8, 1954.
Books include Never Let Me Go (made into a film), When We Were Orphans, The Unconsoled, An Artist Of A Floating World, A Pale View of Hills and Nocturnes.
In 1995, Ishiguro was named to the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to literature.
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0 有用 废骋 2023-06-23 01:23:07 江苏
前半本慢慢吞吞看了一周，后半本晚上一口气读完了。父亲过世以及Miss Kenton答应求婚后的两个场景里，Mr Cardinal两次作为“镜子”泄露出 Stevens 心理状态的处理实在太巧妙了。
0 有用 废骋 2023-06-23 01:23:07 江苏
前半本慢慢吞吞看了一周，后半本晚上一口气读完了。父亲过世以及Miss Kenton答应求婚后的两个场景里，Mr Cardinal两次作为“镜子”泄露出 Stevens 心理状态的处理实在太巧妙了。