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Novels by Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, a Pale View of Hills, When We Were Orphans, an Artist of the Floating World

Novels by Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, a Pale View of Hills, When We Were Orphans, an Artist of the Floating World

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, a Pale View of Hills, When We Were Orphans, an Artist of the Floating World, the Unconsoled. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Remains of the Day is the third published novel by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro. The Remains of The Day is one of the most highly-regarded post-war British novels. It won the Booker Prize in 1989 for Best Fiction, and was later adapted into an Academy-Award nominated film, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. The novel ranks in the Sunday Times list of 100 greatest novels. Like Ishiguro's previous two novels, the story is told from the first person point of view with the narrator recalling his life through a letter to an unknown person, perhaps another butler, while progressing through the present. Events in the narrator's contemporary life remind him of events from his past. The novel was Ishiguro's first not based in Japan or told from the point of view of a Japanese person, although his first novel, A Pale View of Hills, was told from the point of view of an elderly Japanese woman living in Britain and recalling her past in Japan. The novel The Remains of the Day tells the story of Stevens, an English butler who dedicates his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington . The novel begins with Stevens receiving a letter from an ex-colleague called Miss Kenton, describing her married life, which he believes hints at her unhappy marriage. The receipt of the letter allows Stevens the opportunity to revisit this once-cherished relationship, if only under the guise of possible re-employment. Stevens' new employer, a wealthy American named Mr. Farraday, encourages Stevens to borrow a...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=13372
Pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
May 25, 2010
ISBN
1156884640
ISBN 13
9781156884645

Novels by Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, a Pale View of Hills, When We Were Orphans, an Artist of the Floating World

Books LLC
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, a Pale View of Hills, When We Were Orphans, an Artist of the Floating World, the Unconsoled. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Remains of the Day is the third published novel by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro. The Remains of The Day is one of the most highly-regarded post-war British novels. It won the Booker Prize in 1989 for Best Fiction, and was later adapted into an Academy-Award nominated film, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. The novel ranks in the Sunday Times list of 100 greatest novels. Like Ishiguro's previous two novels, the story is told from the first person point of view with the narrator recalling his life through a letter to an unknown person, perhaps another butler, while progressing through the present. Events in the narrator's contemporary life remind him of events from his past. The novel was Ishiguro's first not based in Japan or told from the point of view of a Japanese person, although his first novel, A Pale View of Hills, was told from the point of view of an elderly Japanese woman living in Britain and recalling her past in Japan. The novel The Remains of the Day tells the story of Stevens, an English butler who dedicates his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington . The novel begins with Stevens receiving a letter from an ex-colleague called Miss Kenton, describing her married life, which he believes hints at her unhappy marriage. The receipt of the letter allows Stevens the opportunity to revisit this once-cherished relationship, if only under the guise of possible re-employment. Stevens' new employer, a wealthy American named Mr. Farraday, encourages Stevens to borrow a...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=13372
Pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
May 25, 2010
ISBN
1156884640
ISBN 13
9781156884645

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