The Remains of the Day (Penguin Readers: Level 6 Advanced)

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  • Author : Kaye Ishiguro
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780582342989
  • Edition : 1
  • ISBN : 0582342988
  • Label : Longman
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Longman
  • Number Of Pages : 112
  • Package Dimensions : 0.24 inches (Height) x 7.56 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.88 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2000-08-14
  • Publisher : Longman
  • SKU : 8911258
  • Studio : Longman

The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second world war, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him--oblivious, for instance, of the fact that his aristocrat employer is a Nazi sympathizer. Still, there are even larger matters at stake in this heartbreaking, beautifully crafted novel-- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.

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