The Remains of the Day

Synopsis of The Remains of the Day

«The Remains of the Day» is the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (256 pages, in English).

In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, sets out on a journey through the English countryside that becomes a journey through his past. Amid memories of the great house, lost causes and the love story that marked his life come to the surface. Ishiguro evokes interwar England and the echoes of the changes shaking Europe.

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1989, the year of its original publication; this Faber & Faber edition is from 1999. The cover bears the subtitle 'Winner of the Booker Prize'.

For readers of literary fiction and historical novels, and for book clubs interested in the portrayal of class, culture and memory in twentieth-century England.