Ultimately, what do we have to gain by constantly reflecting on the past, blaming ourselves for the fact that our lives did not unfold as we would have liked?

Kazuo Ishiguro paints with his pen the poignant portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and his fading world in the aftermath of World War II. Stevens, after decades of service at Darlington Hall, finds himself alone one day in the English countryside, embarking on a journey into the past in an attempt to reassure himself that he has served humanity by offering his services to the "great moral restorer" Lord Darlington. However, doubts linger in his memory about the true nature of Lord Darlington's "greatness," and even greater doubts about the nature of his own life.

A contemporary classic novel, a beautiful reminiscence of life between two wars in an English country estate, a captivating invocation of lost dreams and lost loves.