The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day is the profoundly compelling portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and of his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the “great gentleman,” Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington’s “greatness,” and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.

In this quietly heartrending portrayal of the human capacity for self-deception and misguided ideals, Kazuo Ishiguro has given us a story that powerfully transcends the time and place he so vividly evokes.

Ishiguro’s resoundingly acclaimed novel is the winner of the Booker Prize, an international best-seller, and the basis for an award-winning film.

This elegant Everyman’s Library hardcover edition includes full-cloth binding, a silk ribbon marker, a chronology, and an introduction by Salman Rushdie.