The Remains of the Day -

Kazuo Ishiguro

Vintage

1988

245 páginas

8h 10m

ISBN-10: 0679731725

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.

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O final do livro me fez chorar como se não houvesse amanhã. Personagens tão reservadas, que nos mantém sempre a uma distância segura de seus sentimentos, não deveriam conseguir fazer isso. Mas esse livro me fez entender uma personagem com que seria difícil simpatizar.