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Classics Literary Historical fiction 1994

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Published in Spanish as Los restos del día

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In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past.

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What it is

A narrator who doesn't tell you the truth · funny and sad at once

What happens in it

Unreliable narrator

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Who tells it
First person
Style
Literary

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you enjoy not trusting who's telling it
  • you like a book that stays with you for days
  • you like a book that makes you think

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