Now his former employer is gone, replaced by an American, and Stevens has set off on a week’s journey to visit Miss Kenton, the prior head housekeeper who served alongside Stevens during the period of Darlington’s preeminence. Stevens is the head butler of Darlington Hall, a home of great prominence before the second Great War. It uses the classic motif of journey as its frame and layers in, through flashbacks, the themes of love, duty, and of course – dignity – one of Stevens’ favorite topics. While fairly simple in structure, The Remains of the Day has to be one of the most beautiful and poignant character sketches I’ve ever read. (Even though I haven’t seen the movie, I couldn’t help but visualize Anthony Hopkins as I read it.) The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards in total, and the tableau of Hopkins and co-star Emma Thompson at the window used as the primary photo of the movie poster is one of the most iconic of its sort. Stevens, for which Hopkins received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The book gained even more notoriety in 1993 when James Ivory turned it into a movie where Anthony Hopkins immortalized the stoic Mr. Kazuo Ishiguro won both the Booker Prize and The Nobel Prize in Literature for his 1988 novel, The Remains of the Day. Until this month, I had neither read The Remains of the Day nor watched the movie. I know I’m late to the game with this one. Recipe :: Christmas (Swedish) Tea Rings.Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad.Recipe :: Delicious and Creamy Shrimp Corn Chowder.Recipe :: Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup.Recipe :: Balsamic-Tomato Dipping Sauce.
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