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The Remains of the Day (Vintage International)
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The Remains of the Day (Vintage International)
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12 journalers for this copy...
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This RABCK from fsr44 arrived today. Thank you very much, and I'll journal it when I've read it.
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I’ve just finished reading this. It’s beautifully written. Ishiguro’s Mr Stevens—an English butler—is thoroughly convincing._____I’ve tried to come up with a way to review the book without giving away too much information; I’m not sure that’s possible. So let me just give you the text from the back cover: _____The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world in postwar England. _____At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he looks back over his career to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving “a great gentleman.” But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington’s “greatness” and graver doubts about his own faith in the man he served. And I’ll give you a feel for Ishiguro’s writing (pages 240-241): _____The pier lights have been switched on and behind me a crowd of people have just given a loud cheer to greet this event. There is still plenty of daylight left—the sky over the sea has turned a pale red—but it would seem that all these people who have been gathering on this pier for the past half-hour are now willing night to fall. This confirms very aptly, I suppose, the point made by the man who until a little while ago was sitting here beside me on this bench, and with whom I had my curious discussion. His claim was that for a great many people, the evening was the best part of the day, the part they most looked forward to. And as I say, there would appear to be some truth in this assertion, for why else would all these people give a spontaneous cheer simply because the pier lights have come on? _____Of course, the man had been speaking figuratively, but it is rather interesting to see his words borne out so immediately at the literal level. I would suppose he had been sitting here next to me for some minutes without my noticing him, so absorbed had I become with my recollections of meeting Miss Kenton two days ago. In fact, I do not think I registered his presence on the bench at all until he declared out loud: _____‘Sea air does you a lot of good.’ The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro ISBN 0-679-73172-5 ©1988 (1993 edition) / trade paperback / 245 pp. (This book contains underlining and notes from previous readers.) |
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Bookray participants (so far):pauloca (in Portugal, international) Suzy26 (in the Netherlands, international) q-cow (in the Phillipines, international) Lerita (in Argentina, mail international) surfenkitten (in U.S., mail in U.S.) WintersQT4ever (in U.S.) Ramya (in U.S.) |
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Before I get on with what could be a never ending praise for this book, I want to thank my fellow Bookcrossers, for making it possible for me to read such a delighting book.(thanks guys). I know we are still very little into this year, but I have the feeling that I will not be making a mistake if I declare that this is one of the best books that I am to read in the current year.This book stands out by the writing, so much, that it even if the story wasn't too great, it'd still be a solid book. But the story was good as well, so this book became a great one. "And yet what precisely is this 'greatness'? Just where, or in what does it lay? I am quite aware it would take a far wiser head than mine to answer such a question, but if I were forced to hazard a guess, I would say that it is the very lack of obvious drama or spectacle that sets the beauty...(pg 28). Very English altogether. I loved it. I have received surfenkitten address, I'll be shipping this on Monday. Edited on 02/08/2005 to Add: after a few very complicated days, I was able to mail this book this Wednesday morning via air mail. It should get to Surfenkitten in about two weeks fromm today (that's what my previous packages have taken to arrive to the US). Have a safe trip! |
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