Memory in Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" - Couverture souple

Baumann, Mona

 
9783668667389: Memory in Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day"

Synopsis

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Frankfurt (Main) (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: This paper analyes the book "The Remains oft he Day" from Kazuo Ishiguro. It is told from the perspective of Stevens, an elderly head butler, who, during a six- day road trip to England's West Country, reflects on his past at the country mansion Darlington Hall. He dedicated his life to serving Lord Darlington, a labelled traitor and Nazi sympathizer, and to the task of being a "great" butler. Shortly after the war, Mr Farraday, an American purchases the estate and minimizes the staff drastically. Under him, Darlington Hall is no longer the meeting point for "the wealthy and influential"

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