A review by futurememory
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
5.0
Wow. Just... wow. I read this after reading and loving Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. The Remains of the Day is his most famous work, so I knew I had to eventually get my hands on it.
What a dazzling book this is! It is so subtly nuanced, so quiet and powerful, so heartwrenching... yes, the beginning is a bit slow. But Stevens has one of the great voices. Not once does Ishiguro break from tone in his first-person narration. It's a book filled with pain, a deep ache within the gut, and of trying to make the best of what "remains of the day."
On another note, it really reminded me of The Age of Innocence, another one of my absolute favorite novels.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. What a great way to really kick off 2009.
What a dazzling book this is! It is so subtly nuanced, so quiet and powerful, so heartwrenching... yes, the beginning is a bit slow. But Stevens has one of the great voices. Not once does Ishiguro break from tone in his first-person narration. It's a book filled with pain, a deep ache within the gut, and of trying to make the best of what "remains of the day."
On another note, it really reminded me of The Age of Innocence, another one of my absolute favorite novels.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. What a great way to really kick off 2009.