The Remains of the Day - Softcover
Synopsis
After three decades in service at Darlington Hall, Stevens, the perfect English butler, faces doubts about his life in a changing postwar world. Reprint. Movie tie-in. 100,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
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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, beautifully crafted novel-- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.
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"An intricate and dazzling novel." --"The New York Times"
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"Brilliant and quietly devastating." --"Newsweek "
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"""A virtuoso performance ... put on with dazzling daring and aplomb." --"The New York Review of Books"
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"A perfect novel. I couldn't put it down." --Ann Beattie
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"The novel rests firmly on the narrative sophistication and flawless control of tone ... of a most impressive novelist." --Julian Barnes
An intricate and dazzling novel. "The New York Times"
""
Brilliant and quietly devastating. "Newsweek "
""
" "A virtuoso performance ... put on with dazzling daring and aplomb. "The New York Review of Books"
""
A perfect novel. I couldn t put it down. Ann Beattie
""
The novel rests firmly on the narrative sophistication and flawless control of tone ... of a most impressive novelist. Julian Barnes"
An intricate and dazzling novel. The New York Times
Brilliant and quietly devastating. Newsweek
A virtuoso performance ... put on with dazzling daring and aplomb. The New York Review of Books
A perfect novel. I couldn t put it down. Ann Beattie
The novel rests firmly on the narrative sophistication and flawless control of tone ... of a most impressive novelist. Julian Barnes"
"An intricate and dazzling novel." --The New York Times
"Brilliant and quietly devastating." --Newsweek
"A virtuoso performance ... put on with dazzling daring and aplomb." --The New York Review of Books
"A perfect novel. I couldn't put it down." --Ann Beattie
"The novel rests firmly on the narrative sophistication and flawless control of tone ... of a most impressive novelist." --Julian Barnes
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- PublisherVintage Books
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0394251342
- ISBN 13 9780394251349
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages245
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