In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler ofDarlingtonHall, embarks on a
leisurely holiday that will take himdeep intothe English countryside and into
his past...A hauntingtale of lostcauses and lost love, "The Remains of the Day",
winnerof theBooker Prize, contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evocation
oflifebetween the wars in a Great English House - within its wallscan beheard
ever more distinct echoes of the violent upheavalsspreadingacross Europe.