The Remains of the Day
Ishiguro's novel follows an English butler reflecting on his life of service and missed opportunities. Through duty, dignity, regret, and emotional repression, it explores the cost of devotion to an ideal. The work is a meditation on what it means to live a good life and the roads not taken.
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