The remains of the day /Kazuo Ishiguro.
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-,
The remains of the day /Kazuo Ishiguro. - first Vintage international edition. - New York : Vintage Books, (c)1990. - 245 pages ; 21 cm. - Vintage international .
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Faber and Faber Ltd., London, and in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1989"--T.p. verso.
The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second World War, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him --
9780394251349 9780679731726
90050177
Country homes--Fiction.
Household employees--Fiction.
PR6059 / .R463 1990
The remains of the day /Kazuo Ishiguro. - first Vintage international edition. - New York : Vintage Books, (c)1990. - 245 pages ; 21 cm. - Vintage international .
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Faber and Faber Ltd., London, and in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1989"--T.p. verso.
The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second World War, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him --
9780394251349 9780679731726
90050177
Country homes--Fiction.
Household employees--Fiction.
PR6059 / .R463 1990