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rfmcdonaldKazuo Ishiguro is, for me, one of the world's finest contemporary writers, composing in the style of the great French bourgeois novelists of the 19th century. His The Remains of the Day is particularly close to my heart.
One thing about that title puzzles me. The protagonist, the faithful butler Stevens, is portrayed as a man almost completely oblivious to his surroundings. I read him as not even knowing the chance for transcendent happiness that he once had with Miss Kenton. Others read him differently. What say you?
One thing about that title puzzles me. The protagonist, the faithful butler Stevens, is portrayed as a man almost completely oblivious to his surroundings. I read him as not even knowing the chance for transcendent happiness that he once had with Miss Kenton. Others read him differently. What say you?
