The Remains of the Day
by Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394573439
- ISBN 13
- 9780394573434
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second Printing. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($18.95), lightly toned at the edges. Quarter blue cloth with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. Ishiguro's Book Prize-winning novel of the "insular, fading world of the perfect English butler," adapted into the 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
Synopsis
The Remains of the Day is the third published novel by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro. The Remains of The Day is one of the most highly-regarded post-war British novels. It won the Booker Prize in 1989 for Best Fiction, and was later adapted into an Academy-Award nominated film, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. The novel ranks in the Sunday Times list of 100 greatest novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9983
- Title
- The Remains of the Day
- Author
- Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394573439
- ISBN 13
- 9780394573434
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- British Literature, Japanese Literature, Books to Film, Contemporary Literature, Booker Prize
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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