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The Remains of the Day Audiobook by Kazuo Ishiguro— narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith
Kazuo Ishiguro's Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day follows Stevens, an English butler on a country drive who starts to doubt the lord he served and the life he built around that service. A restrained literary novel about dignity, memory and what we refuse to say.
Why the audiobook wins
The entire novel is one voice. Stevens is a butler, formal to the point of stiffness, and he tells his life story the way he would announce a guest, with every sentence squared off and every feeling kept out of the room. Nicholas Guy Smith reads him, and the book depends on how that restraint sounds.
At about nine and a half hours, it suits a long drive, which fits a story built around a drive through the countryside. The opening is slow, and some readers say they found it dull before it gripped them, so give it a first long session before you decide.
One Audible credit covers the whole book. That includes the quiet ending.
Audiobook questions
- Who narrates the The Remains of the Day audiobook?
- Nicholas Guy Smith narrates the audiobook edition of The Remains of the Day.
- How long is the The Remains of the Day audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 9 hr 23 min.
- Is the The Remains of the Day audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored The Remains of the Day 4.5 out of 5. The entire novel is one voice. Stevens is a butler, formal to the point of stiffness, and he tells his life story the way he would announce a guest, with every sentence squared off and every feeling kept out of the room. Nicholas Guy Smith reads him, and the book depends on how…
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