The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro • 1989
Devastation Rating
regret service England repression
Our Take
Stevens has spent his life perfecting the performance of a great English butler, at the cost of every human connection he might have made. The drive west to visit Miss Kenton is the confrontation with what he chose. The dignity he values is the cage he built. The evening he contemplates at the pier is what remains.
Appears In
► Elder Abuse and Neglect — The Violence of Abandonment ► Japanese Literature of Loss — The Grief Beneath the Surface ► Regret — The Road Not Taken and the Price You Paid ► Irish Tragedy — The Island That Broke People and Kept Breaking ► Dementia and Memory Loss — The Self That Goes Before the Body ► Memory and Truth — The Stories We Tell Ourselves to Survive ► Class and Wealth — The Cruelty of the Hierarchy
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