{"product_id":"the-remains-of-the-day-kazuo-ishiguro-9780571200733","title":"The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'After all what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA contemporary classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House, of lost causes and lost love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e is now available as a Faber Modern Classics edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His books have been translated into over fifty languages and \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go \u003c\/i\u003ewere both made into acclaimed films. He received a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan. \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller in both hardback and paperback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIshiguro also works occasionally as a screenwriter. His screenplay for \u003ci\u003eLiving\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) received Academy Award (Oscar) and BAFTA nominations. Film adaptations of \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Pale View of Hills \u003c\/i\u003eare due for release in 2026., (Shorter\/Catalogue version)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize, and have been translated into over fifty languages. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller in both hardback and paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65987697475933,"sku":"K005385087","price":9.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/0538508700001A.jpg?v=1790060905","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-remains-of-the-day-kazuo-ishiguro-9780571200733","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}