Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels discussion

In February we will be reading The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro for our Love category - who's in?

I've read this before so will only reread if time permits.

I have this ordered on Borrowbox (the UK Libraries' eBook portal), so will pick it up when it gets returned.

I re-read this one a couple years ago so I'll join in the discussion. The film version is excellent by the way, for those who haven't seen it, and features Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in the lead roles, with supporting appearances from a pre-accident Christopher Reeves, a young Hugh Grant, and an even younger Lena Hedley (Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones).

I'm in the second chapter and I like it so far. I wonder how Ishiguro learnt about the lives and thoughts of English butlers to be able to write something like this.

Maggie, I also started to read today and was wondering the same thing. So far, I love the book. I remember loving the movie.

Ishiguro moved to Britain when he was 5.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_I...

I've finished reading this. There is so much emotion expressed in such unemotional language. In Stevens' striving to become the perfect, formal butler, he has lost touch with his emotions and the unintended damage this causes to him and those around him is painful to read.

I'm loving this book so far. As Maggie says, such unemotional language used to portray such emotion and portray character is utterly masterful - and to do it in a second language too ... Wow.

just started this one - a bit outside of my usual genres but the narrator is precious