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Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day (Paperback, 1993, Vintage Books) 4 estrellas

In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a …

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4 estrellas

I read this book in Spanish a very long time ago. I'm curious about Ishiguro's real style, as I don't trust translations very much.

As far as my translation went, I can tell that the book is deceptively easy and "soft". It describes a few sad and wasted lives through the eyes of a narrator who was too fooled by his own preconceptions; I love books in which the narrator knows a lot less than what the reader can infer and this is the best example I know of that narrative device.