The Remains of the Day

A profoundly compelling novel about the impossibility of love, the impossibility of changing the past, and the haunting power of memory. In 1956, Stevens, the aging butler of Darlington Hall, takes a motoring trip through the English countryside and recollects his life of service to Lord Darlington. Through Stevens' restrained, precise narration, Kazuo Ishiguro explores the cost of dignity and the tragic consequences of blind loyalty and emotional repression.