| The Remains of the Day: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Contributor(s): Ishiguro, Kazuo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679731725 ISBN-13: 9780679731726 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1990 Annotation: A tragic, spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England. A wonderful, wonderful book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90050177 |
| Lexile Measure: 1210 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.19" W x 8" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 16721 Reading Level: 7.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is the universally acclaimed novel--winner of the Booker Prize and the basis for an award-winning film. This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and of his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the great gentleman, Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's greatness, and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life. |