The Long Day is Coming to an End (classic Translation)
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About This Novel
The representative work of Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the Booker Prize-winning novel; The End of Days is an elegy for the decline of an empire and a love that passes by. The film of the same name (also translated as "Farewell") was nominated for multiple Oscars and British Academy Film Awards, starring British actor Anthony Hopkins and powerful actress Emma Thompson. "The End of the Day" is a work by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro that won the Booker Prize in 1989. It is also Ishiguro's most important masterpiece. The novel unfolds with the memories of butler Stevens, telling the various experiences he had during his more than thirty years of service to Lord Darlington. Although he reached the peak of his career, Stevens suppressed his own emotions too coldly and pursued perfect performance of his duties. He missed the last time his father was on his deathbed, and then missed love. Through the protagonist's memories, the novel unravels a person's life journey in front of the readers' eyes. It also reflects the international political landscape during the extraordinary period between World War I and World War II.
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