Meaning you really have to work to see the emotions hidden within the story. You’re wading through layers of class, professionalism and good old British stiff upper lip. This is a reading experience that you don’t come across very often. You learn so much about this man whilst learning so little. Within this book, Ishiguro has managed to capture a human life. Admittedly, a friend who wouldn’t feel comfortable describing himself as such but a friend nonetheless. After spending pages with the stoic and pompous Mr Stevens, you turn the final page and feel as though you’re saying goodbye to a friend. It has one of the most devastating and wonderful ending in literature. “Indeed - why should I not admit it? - in that moment, my heart was breaking.”Ī quote that pretty much sums up my personal feelings every time I read Kazuo Ishiguro’s Man Booker Prize winning novel. This really is quite a book and it was definitely about time that I reread it. I honestly believe that The Remains of the Day has one of the saddest endings I’ve ever read. Yes, it was sad but the most devastating ending? He’s an author who doesn’t think twice about leaving you on the edge of an emotional precipice but I found Klara quite tame in comparison to his earlier work. I read a fair few reviews that described the ending of Ishiguro’s latest novel was the most heartbreaking of his career. As much as I enjoyed Klara and the Sun last month, it did leave me with a great desire to reread this beauty.

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