Kazuo Ishiguro – The Remains Of The Day – First Folio Society Edition 2007
£85.00
A first Folio Society edition, first printing of The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro Kazuo, published by The Folio Society, London in 2007, illustrated by Finn Campbell-Notman. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, cloth bound pictorial boards designed by Campbell-Notman, gilt titling to the spine, the text blocks are bright and crisp. In brown paper bound slip case.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro is a poignant novel exploring memory, duty and regret. It follows Stevens, an aging English butler, who reflects on his life during a road trip. His unwavering dedication to service blinds him to personal desires, especially his feelings for Miss Kenton, a former housekeeper. Through restrained prose and subtle emotion, Ishiguro examines the cost of loyalty and the quiet tragedies of a life lived in self-denial.
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A first Folio Society edition, first printing of The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro Kazuo, published by The Folio Society, London in 2007, illustrated by Finn Campbell-Notman. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, cloth bound pictorial boards designed by Campbell-Notman, gilt titling to the spine, the text blocks are bright and crisp. In brown paper bound slip case.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro is a poignant novel exploring memory, duty and regret. It follows Stevens, an aging English butler, who reflects on his life during a road trip. His unwavering dedication to service blinds him to personal desires, especially his feelings for Miss Kenton, a former housekeeper. Through restrained prose and subtle emotion, Ishiguro examines the cost of loyalty and the quiet tragedies of a life lived in self-denial.
