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245 14 a| The remains of the day /c| Kazuo Ishiguro.;

250 a| Vintage international ed.;

300 a| 245 pages ;c| 21 cm;

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520 a| 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 -- oblivious, for instance, of the fact that his aristocrat employer is a Nazi sympathizer. Still, there are even larger matters at stake in this heartbreaking, pitch-perfect novel -- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.;

586 a| Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1989;

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The remains of the day / Kazuo Ishiguro.

Author/creator	Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
Format	Book
Edition	Vintage international ed.
Publication Info	New York : Vintage International, 1993, ©1988.
Description	245 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects	Butlers--England. --Fiction. Upper class--England. --Fiction. England--Social life and customs. --20th century. --Fiction.

Abstract	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 -- oblivious, for instance, of the fact that his aristocrat employer is a Nazi sympathizer. Still, there are even larger matters at stake in this heartbreaking, pitch-perfect novel -- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.
Awards note	Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1989
LCCN	90050177
ISBN	0679731725 (pbk.) :
ISBN	9780679731726 (pbk.)

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