Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Published: 1989
Genre: Fiction
Kazuo Ishiguro's book, The Remains of the Day is told from the point of view of Stevens, an English butler who throughout his professional career served at Darlington Hall, a grand manor in a time of butlers and maids. It is set in 1950s, but fleets back and forth between these years and the those preceding the Second World War. The reader learns of Stevens's past and of the people he worked for and with, though flashbacks. Central to the story is the butler's relationship with the head housekeeper, Miss Kenton. Their relationship was professional and nothing else, but it soon becomes evident that the telling of the story is about reflection and to some extent regret.
