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The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro | Literature & Fiction
Registered by goatgrrl of New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, April 03, 2004
Average 8 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by gwilk): travelling


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3 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by goatgrrl from New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, April 03, 2004

9 out of 10

Stevens has been the butler at Darlington Hall for over thirty-five years, first during the tenure of Lord Darlington (a British fascist and Nazi sympathizer), then working for his successor, an American by the name of Mr. Farraday. The story is told by Stevens, and unfolds over the course of a week-long car ride to the West Country in the mid-1950s -- Stevens' meditations on the subjects of professional duty, loyalty and democratic responsibility.

I read this book as part of my Booker Prize project. I'm registering it in the hope I might be able to trade it for another Booker winner! 

Journal Entry 2 by goatgrrl from New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Monday, April 05, 2004

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I'm mailing this book to Boreal in Dunedin, New Zealand, who was kind enough to swap me for another Booker Prize winner I've been wanting to read (Keri Hulme's The Bone People). Thanks so much, and best wishes from British Columbia, Canada! 

Journal Entry 3 by boreal from Dunedin, Otago New Zealand on Thursday, May 20, 2004

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This lovely book was in my mailbox when I arrived home, weighed down with books, from one of the highlights of my bookbuying calender -the Regent Theatre 24 hour booksale!
Thanks very much for sending it and also the Canadian souvineirs, they are lovely.
I am looking forward to reading this book and will keep you posted as to what I think.
Thanks again.

Oh, and now we know that Canadian post is a couple of weeks slower than New Zealand post :-) 

Journal Entry 4 by boreal from Dunedin, Otago New Zealand on Saturday, July 24, 2004

8 out of 10

A beautifully written book -written in just the sort of language you would expect a butler in an upper class English household would use. I loved the subtle humour and the way you learnt about the characters gradually throughout the book.

Thanks for sharing it Goatgrll.

29/7 - put in the mail to Gwilk in Christchurch. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 5 by gwilk from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Monday, August 02, 2004

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This arrived in the mail on Sunday, thanks to the ever generous boreal. Thanks also to goatgrrl for sharing this. 

Journal Entry 6 by gwilk from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Wednesday, August 18, 2004

8 out of 10

Very dry in the sense of dry humour rather than boring. I think the sleeve notes make reference to the author's subtlety: the book is written in the first person but Steven's always seems to let slip more about the situation than he himself observed at the time. An entrancing journey. Now my wife would like to read it. 

Journal Entry 7 by gwilk from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Sunday, August 29, 2004

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Pass on to another bookcrosser at a meet-up in the Trattorie Cafe on Sunday. 



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