Well, i guess it is indeed rather slow-moving at the outset, but it’s one of those books that deserve to be given some time to blossom fully before one is able to appreciate its full magical splendour..

Altho’ the narrator, Mr Stevens, is the typically reticent protagonist, he does grow to earn the reader’s trust and by the end, he’s surely an endearing character to remember..

My fave paras, hmmm.. come from the closing pages (Faeber and Faber Limited: 1989. p.256):
... ‘Don’t keep looking back all the time, you’re bound to get depressed.. We’ve all got to put our feet up at some point.. you’ve got to keep looking forward.’

And I believe it was then that he said: ‘You’ve got to enjoy yourself. The evening’s the best part of the day. You’ve done your day’s work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it. That’s how I look at it. Ask anybody, they’ll all tell you. The evening’s the best part of the day’...

Beautiful. :)
Wishes, minerva*

Need to read smth of literary merit.
Need to fill the void – It’s been too long..
Couldn’t get a Pico Iyer, Alexander McCall Smith (even Michael Crichton), so picked up this Ishiguro (bought a few years ago, in the blessed varsity years). Let’s see. :)
Wishes, minerva*