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| Author | Kazuo Ishiguro |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | May 1989 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 258 |
| ISBN | 978-0-571-15310-7 |
| OCLC | 59165609 |
| Preceded by | An Artist of the Floating World |
| Followed by | The Unconsoled |
The Remains of the Day is a 1989 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro. The protagonist, Stevens, is a butler with a long record of service at Darlington Hall, a fictitious stately home near Oxford, England. In 1956, he takes a road trip to visit a former colleague, and reminisces about events at Darlington Hall in the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
The work received the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1989. A film adaptation of the novel, made in 1993 and starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, was nominated for eight Academy Awards. In 2022, it was included on the "Big Jubilee Read" list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[2]
- ^ Graver, Lawrence (8 October 1989). "What the Butler Saw". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "The Big Jubilee Read: A literary celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's record-breaking reign". BBC. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.