THE REMAINS OF THE DAY / 长日留痕txt下载
本书是著名英籍日裔小说家石黑一雄的代表作之一，曾获1989年“布克奖”。
史蒂文斯作为一名追求完美的男管家，服务于达林顿府三十余年。在此期间，他一方面尽力使自己成为男管家中的杰出人物，追求这一阶层所特有的“尊严”，同时，他也为此付出了相当的代价，比如说不得不冷漠地处理父子亲情，盲目忠实于其主人达林顿却无视后者一度与纳粹交往甚密、甚至帮助极右势力的现实。
这种盲目使他甚至失去了与心爱的女管家肯顿小姐的情感。作者以最能代表英格兰社会和文化特征的男管家为主角，以现实主义的手法入木三分地表现了英格兰的政治、历史、文化、传统与人的思想意识。
The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England. At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he looks back over his career to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving ;a great gentleman. ; But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's ;greatness ; and graver doubts about his own faith in the man he served. A tragic, spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England. A wonderful, wonderful book.
