Remains of the Day - Hardcover

Ishiguro, Kazuo

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571153100 ISBN 13: 9780571153107

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1989

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Very Good, Signed Edition, Faber 1989. Early Reprint same year as True 1st Edition. Signed by author to front free endpaper bookplate tipped in, reading; 'The Sunday Times presents The 1989 Booke Prize Shortlist Signed Editions The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Published by Faber & Faber', followed by Author signature. Very good clean tight sound square, no inscriptions or ownership marks of any kind. Appears unopened and unread, clean crisp corners and edges. Bound in very good bright white lettered black cloth, together with original unclipped colour pictorial dustwrapper, very gently rubbed to head of upper wrapper and spine. A great Edition for reader and collector.

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Review:

The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second world war, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him--oblivious, for instance, of the fact that his aristocrat employer is a Nazi sympathizer. Still, there are even larger matters at stake in this heartbreaking, beautifully crafted novel-- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.

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"An intricate and dazzling novel." --"The New York Times"
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"Brilliant and quietly devastating." --"Newsweek "
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"""A virtuoso performance ... put on with dazzling daring and aplomb." --"The New York Review of Books"
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"A perfect novel. I couldn't put it down." --Ann Beattie
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"The novel rests firmly on the narrative sophistication and flawless control of tone ... of a most impressive novelist." --Julian Barnes

An intricate and dazzling novel. "The New York Times"
""
Brilliant and quietly devastating. "Newsweek "
""
" "A virtuoso performance ... put on with dazzling daring and aplomb. "The New York Review of Books"
""
A perfect novel. I couldn t put it down. Ann Beattie
""
The novel rests firmly on the narrative sophistication and flawless control of tone ... of a most impressive novelist. Julian Barnes"

An intricate and dazzling novel. The New York Times

Brilliant and quietly devastating. Newsweek

A virtuoso performance ... put on with dazzling daring and aplomb. The New York Review of Books

A perfect novel. I couldn t put it down. Ann Beattie

The novel rests firmly on the narrative sophistication and flawless control of tone ... of a most impressive novelist. Julian Barnes"

"An intricate and dazzling novel." --The New York Times

"Brilliant and quietly devastating." --Newsweek

"A virtuoso performance ... put on with dazzling daring and aplomb." --The New York Review of Books

"A perfect novel. I couldn't put it down." --Ann Beattie

"The novel rests firmly on the narrative sophistication and flawless control of tone ... of a most impressive novelist." --Julian Barnes

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