Kazuo Ishiguro, there seems to be a dichotomy between the author's name and the subject matter of the novel. I did not know anything about Mr. Ishiguro before reading this book (I am not as well read as I pretend to be) but I have heard of the 1993 award winning film adaptation of The Remains of the...
Equal to a typical definition of true Englishman this book is of similar fashion: calm, reserved and dignified. A story of a refined butler Stevens and the house he served in for most of his life named Darlington Hall. Stevens is all about decorum, orderliness and standards. So much so that person...
(4.5)Ouch.Talk about tragic. Stevens is one of the most interesting characters to read about (and whose POV is one of the most interesting to read), because on the surface he's the absolute most boring person. He's so wrapped up in his own concept of "dignity" that he can't separate himself from it....
Has there ever been a more perversely English book?From the paragraphs meandering around and telling the reader what in the narrator’s humble opinion makes a great butler to the descriptions of the unobtrusive beauty of the English countryside it somehow manages to be the saddest love story ever tol...
I am not familiar with regret, perhaps because I am still rather young. Perhaps regret is something that creeps up on you as you age, as what had once been an infinite number of possible paths in front of you slowly solidify into one unchangeable road at your back. It's not that I haven't made bad d...
"Quel che resta del giorno" è un libro strano. All'inizio è quasi impossibile essere in sintonia con il suo personaggio principale, io ho passato un quarto de libro a storcere il naso davanti alle reazioni di Stevens. Riuscivo più facilmente ad immedesimarmi con i personaggi di contorno che con lui,...
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