TY - BOOK AU - Ishiguro,Kazuo TI - The remains of the day /Kazuo Ishiguro T2 - Vintage international SN - 9780394251349 AV - PR6059 .R463 1990 PY - 1990/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Country homes KW - Fiction KW - Household employees N1 - "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; 2 N2 - 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 -- UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/90050177-s.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random056/90050177.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/90050177.html ER -