The Remains of The Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
T H E B A S I C S Title: The Remains of the Day Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Date Published: 1989 Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 5/5 About thirty pages in to The Remains of the Day I really wanted to put it down and get on with something else. The plot was slow and I didn't care much for Stevens, the old, pushing retirement, grumpy butler. However now that I have finished it, I can say that I am so thankful that my friend Delia recommended this novel to me - I have well and truly loved it. The novel follows Stevens, a butler of Darlington Hall, on a journey to the West Country to visit Miss Kenton, a former colleague. However, Ishiguro allows us to delve into Stevens' past as he recounts memories that have led him to be where he is today. He is full of nostalgia. In this sense it reminded me of Mrs Dalloway - Although in Mrs Dalloway, Woolf presents readers with many different character perspectives, rather than Ishiguro's one, it has th