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The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

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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 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, of lost causes and lost love.

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Man Booker Prize Winneraward:man_booker_prize=1989LiteratureHousehold employeesButlersCountry homesDomesticsFictionCountry homes -- FictionMan-woman relationshipsHistoryHistorical fiction

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