The Remains Of The Day
By (author) Ishiguro, Kazuo
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By (author) Ishiguro, Kazuo
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Kazuo Ishiguro''s eight books have won him world-wide renown and many honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over forty languages. The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have each sold in excess of one million copies in Faber editions alone, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. His most recent novel, The Buried Giant, was published in 2015, debuting at Number 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list.
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The Remains of the Day is Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro''s Booker Prize-winning novel.
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''A triumph. This wholly convincing portrait of a human life unweaving before your eyes is inventive and absorbing, by turns funny, absurd and ultimately very moving.''
Review quote: previous edition:
''A dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and heart-rending study of personality, class and culture.''
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*Kazuo Ishiguro''s new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro''s beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House.
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*Kazuo Ishiguro''s new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro''s beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House.
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past.
''A triumph . . . This wholly convincing portrait of a human life unweaving before your eyes is inventive and absorbing, by turns funny, absurd and ultimately very moving.'' Sunday Times
''A dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and heart-rending study of personality, class and culture.'' New York TImes Book Review
Biographical note:
Kazuo Ishiguro''s eight books have won him world-wide renown and many honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over forty languages. The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have each sold in excess of one million copies in Faber editions alone, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. His most recent novel, The Buried Giant, was published in 2015, debuting at Number 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list.
Promotional headline:
The Remains of the Day is Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro''s Booker Prize-winning novel.
Review quote: previous edition:
''A triumph. This wholly convincing portrait of a human life unweaving before your eyes is inventive and absorbing, by turns funny, absurd and ultimately very moving.''
Review quote: previous edition:
''A dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and heart-rending study of personality, class and culture.''
| Author | By (author) Ishiguro, Kazuo |
|---|---|
| Date Of Publication | Apr 1, 2010 |
| EAN | 9780571258246 |
| Contributors | Ishiguro, Kazuo |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Languages | English |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Width | 129 mm |
| Height | 198 mm |
| Thickness | 16 mm |
| Product Forms | Paperback / Softback |
| Authors | Kazuo Ishiguro |
| Availability in Stores | Sin El-Fil, Hamra, AUB Bookstore, ABC Verdun, Global |
| Weight | 0.228000 |
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