The remains of the day
(Book)

Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 1988.

"A New York times notable book"--Page [4] of cover.

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, pitch-perfect novel-- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.

Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7.9,13,16721.

Winner of the Booker Prize