A review by mitskacir
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

4.0

Remains of the Day is written in Ishiguro's trademark style - stream-of-consciousness, introspective, full of flashbacks and reflections. This book reminded me greatly of Ishiguro's Artist of the Floating World, with similar themes of men aging into a world were their craft and sensibilities are disappearing, and struggling with the burden of hindsight on a life of dubious decisions. I appreciated the space Ishiguro gives to the reader to judge or empathize with Stevens. I also learned very much about butlers.