From the back of the book:
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks in a leisurley motoring holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...
A haunting tale of lost causes and a lost love, The remains of the day contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House - within those walls can be heard ever more distinct echoes of the violen upheavals spreading across Europe.

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In connection with the BC-meet up at the book fair.

Picked it up because it is #190 on the list "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"

Dec -09

I really enjoyed reading this story and I think the film made a really good interpretation of it. Mr Stevens seems to be stuck between two worlds and it's sad that he has sacrified his own life for his masters. On the other hand there were probably not so many alternatives for him, growing up with a father like his.

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Till MissMilla på fika! =)

Picked up from BX meet-up in Goteborg yesterday.