{"product_id":"the-remains-of-the-day-winner-of-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-9780679731726","title":"The Remains of the Day: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBOOKER PRIZE WINNER - From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"an intricate and dazzling novel\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e about the perfect butler and his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the \"great gentleman,\" Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's \"greatness,\" and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazuo Ishiguro\u003c\/b\u003e is the 2017 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages. Both \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go \u003c\/i\u003ehave sold more than 1 million copies, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. Ishiguro's other work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Buried Giant, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNocturnes, A Pale View of the Hills, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Artist of the Floating World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574646968594,"sku":"9780679731726","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4198dd29-cfda-476f-baf8-8173ab698f23.jpg?v=1731974726","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-remains-of-the-day-winner-of-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-9780679731726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}