The Remains of the Day - Was vom Tage übrigblieb

Kazuo Ishiguro

Buch, Broschiert
Ausgabe vom Dez. 2005
Verkaufsrang: 500022 (je kleiner desto beliebter)
EAN/ISBN: 9783150091388
ASIN: 3150091381 (Amazon-Bestellnummer)
 The Remains of the Day - Was vom Tage übrigblieb - Kazuo Ishiguro
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.
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, pitch-perfect novel - namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.