Roles That Contain and Restrain: Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, Klara and the Sun, and Living.

The article focuses on Kazuo Ishiguro's third novel, "The Remains of the Day," examining the novel's use of hyperbole and simulation to explore themes such as the English class system and the concept of greatness, as depicted through the character of Stevens, a butler. Topics include the novel's por...

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Publicado en:Texas Studies in Literature & Language Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 412 - 422
Autor principal: Oatley, Keith
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Texas Press Winter2023
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