The Remains of the Day
An elderly butler is on a five-day motoring trip through the West Country in the 1950s. The climax of his journey is to be a reunion with his former housekeeper. This 1989 Booker Prize-winner attempts to capture a period in British history and draw a portrait of a man in old age.
石黑一雄,日裔英国小说家,1954年生于日本长崎,与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多,但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项:《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖,《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖,《长日将尽》获布克奖,《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖,《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单;1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章,1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章,2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量,发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。
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