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A review by dennisfischman
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
4.0
And now I want to go back and watch the movie again.
What distinguishes the book is the pitch-perfect voice of Stevens, the butler, the tragic hero of this novel. Ishiguro made me believe in him and, at the same time, made me gradually aware of all that Stevens was not noticing, not saying, not allowing himself to think. Anthony Hopkins had to do all that with his face and posture (and with tremendous help from Emma Thompson). Ishiguro does it with diction and dramatic irony.
What distinguishes the book is the pitch-perfect voice of Stevens, the butler, the tragic hero of this novel. Ishiguro made me believe in him and, at the same time, made me gradually aware of all that Stevens was not noticing, not saying, not allowing himself to think. Anthony Hopkins had to do all that with his face and posture (and with tremendous help from Emma Thompson). Ishiguro does it with diction and dramatic irony.