The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro - So you Haven't Read

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It says one day ago even though this vid was made 1 minute ago

[@robertbuckley2108]

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[@edisonlima4647]

@@robertbuckley2108 Yep, same here.

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if only nebula was available on ps and xbox id give it a try since its how i use most of my streaming apps. Can you plz port the app to consoles?

[@AtheistPirate]

An American boss encouraging one of his employees to go on vacation is quite a stretch, but the rest of the story sounds pretty good.

[@rangergxi]

It was the 1950s when the US had extremely powerful unions, the social gospel and New Dealism.

[@SEAZNDragon]

Some companies have “use it or lose it” policies for time off. Same with the government.

[@SEAZNDragon]

@@rangergxi also in terms of the story I can imagine a new home owner thinking “I want to explore this place by myself” let’s get the butler out of here for a bit while I figure what to do with this place.”

[@badluck5647]

Companies want you to take some vacation to prevent burnout which reduces productivity. However, management never likes *when* people use their vacation.

[@vintheguy]

I mean it's a butler, not exactly an employee

[@edisonlima4647]

I teared up at the last page of Remains of the Day. Not just a little. Those closing lines and that freaking name drop!

[@MrHowtofall]

I can’t recommend Never Let Me Go enough if you haven’t read it. I was ugly crying constantly starting near the halfway point. I don’t cry at movies or books usually, but the smallest turn of phrase could have me weeping.

[@luisguillermojg]

What name drop do you mean? Mr. Farraday?

[@justaperson6219]

I love seeing the so you haven't read series, thank you for covering books I've never heard of/wanted to read but never got the chance! It makes me go out and want to actually read them like a trailer for it or something! But keep it up and thank you for your dedication and Time!

[@somedude70-1]

A lot of books have interesting stories to tell. But nobody reads them. Edit: Thank you for two likes.

[@justaperson6219]

@@somedude70-1 exactly right? I feel like it's cus marketing but I just donno

[@andone3968]

@@justaperson6219 are there any books you would recommend to me?

[@Mycatsname]

@@andone3968it’s difficult to recommend a book to someone that you’ve never met. To recommend something that you’ll really enjoy depends on what you like and don’t like, your hobbies, your interests, your age, are you married, all of those types of questions will point us in the direction of what books to recommend for you. Your local librarian would a far better person to get you started, it’s so exciting 🎉 I like nearly every genre they have, I don’t like books about cooking food, I love fantasy but it took me a long time to read one Good luck with your books ❤

[@ChefMimsy]

My go-to pleasure reading is always dystopia sci fi, so reading this book was a major departure for me. I'm SO glad I read this book. It was so beautifully written, it defies comparison. Kind of like when you find a new classical composer that you love. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to see English used to perfection.

[@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts]

Funny you mention that, as Ishiguro has written some dystopian SF himself.

[@snowsong7108]

I love Ishiguro; I read Never Let Me Go in high school and it's stuck with me for years as such a powerful view into the meaning of humanity, empathy, and sacrifice. It's so mundane and it just feels like a real reflection by a real person.

[@Seadragon77]

I have read it, and actually, it was one of two novels I had to read for Academic Decathlon in 1998 (my freshman year - BTW, the other novel I had to read for the Literature category was Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. Hoping the EC guys can cover that book sooner rather then later). It's a great story about how being so into your work can make you forget that not everything was great.

[@warbearin]

Kinda relatable story, professionalism above all and realizeing all you missed out on and that maybe being so professional all the time wasnt worth the memories and experiences it cost.

[@Summer_Snows]

I remember first reading this in high school and just being absolutely blown away by the ending. Definitely going to have to reread this

[@edisonlima4647]

Yep. One of the most powerful uses of a name dropping in English literature.

[@evelynwidmer6324]

I love this series, unfortunately the Extra Mythology series hasn't posted in a while.

[@harrisonlee9585]

"At that moment, my heart was breaking."

[@biancaironwood6539]

I love story and characters on this book

[@bearcb]

I watched the movie, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson deliver some of the best performances on screen ever. But because I liked the movie so much I never cared about reading the novel, because I believe great novels don't yield good films. Maybe this is an exception?

[@edisonlima4647]

It is a distinct experience. The novel is both a diary and a travel logue, so it is a bit more ponderous and it is extremely introspective -and in a sense, self-deluded, since we follow events from the protagonist's point of view and he is an unreliable narrator. The movie does most of that, too, especially thanks to Hopkins' AMAZING acting chops, capable of presenting sooo much with a mere twist of the mouth, but it is, in the end, a movie, so it streamlines the story a bit and has to show its hand a bit earlier. Personally, I loved both, not in that they are all that different, but in that they... felt differently.

[@KasumiRINA]

Have you seen Emma Thompson version of Sense & Sensibility? She's amazing at adaptations!

[@wiseSYW]

Ishiguro also wrote screenplay for Living, which if you squint hard enough could be called the sequel to this novel.

[@zidarose]

Always ready for book recommendations. This sounds good!

[@brendansherer8506]

This was great stuff, good memory refresher for something I haven't read in like years. Have y'all considered doing House of Leaves??

[@shawnheatherly]

It's always hard looking back on life and wondering if you were wrong.

[@maddog6620]

Super awesome 😎 video

[@munkeefinkelbeen5395]

I'll have to check this book out! Thank you for sharing 😁

[@sd-ch2cq]

I only saw the movie. And i felt it showed the butler as being very autistic. He used his job as a shield against change (the death of his father, the possibility of romance). Maybe it's different in the novel, but in the movie the job itself is not all that relevant, and the crazy level of devotion is very much his own choice and constantly weirds out his employer. Being 'too motivated' in jobs is also something i struggle with a lot as an autistic person (this is in a quiet works-long-hours way, and not a bubbly talk-all-day-with-my-coworkers way) The story resonated with me because there is no happy ending or deus-ex-machina: a lot of stories at the time packaged a kinda similar message about regrets and living-with-your-descisions in a story about second chances (often involving time-travel or parralel dimensions or some such)

[@the_rbop]

How did you write this a day before the realise

[@edisonlima4647]

Maybe it was the lack of first person narration in the movie. In the novel he is very much an ordinary man and his loyalty is a chosen trait. The whole story is about getting at the end of your life and finding out you have inadvertently chosen to waste every single day of it by following a morality code that failed you, and that wouldn't work if your choices were just an undiagnosed condition. The whole knife twisting end hinges on regretting your choices "too late in the day".

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@@the_rbop Patreon, probably.

[@the_rbop]

@@chrisconcannon6490 Thank you! I suspected something like that but I needed assurance

[@ew358]

I totally felt this the entire time I was reading it! You can definitely read him as neurodiverse in a lot of his actions and readings on events and particularly how he often hurt Miss Kentons feelings.

[@dolores111]

I just finished reading this - and yes I'm still crying, but at least I maintain my dignity

[@TheCreepypro]

never heard of this before now unfortunately but now that I do I'm going to have to give this the once through

[@Dragoknightzz]

Please do a video on The Dark Tower.

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

PANR has tuned in.

[@joshuawells835]

Read it in my Brit. Lit. class in college.

[@maddog6620]

Cool 😎

[@45TRANSFORMERSFAN]

Who else thought about the "Remains of the Day" song from The Corpse Bride?

[@bendi3768]

Wow the narration collar strapped on pretty hard

[@emilebailey9406]

This hit home for me

[@KasumiRINA]

The worst part is appeasers still exist, so many think tanks work on lessening russia sanctions or platforming russian ultranationalists like Navalny or plain refusing to extradite "rusich" deputy leader to Ukraine.

[@Cheshire1501]

1:32 I didn't know southern england looked like Antofagasta

[@macaylacayton2915]

this is an author I never heard of

[@sanjairaj3532]

I liked the book but I don’t understand what made people cry a lot..Steven went for professionalism and a career oriented life..whatever regrets he has is futile now as he realises and it was getting kinda irritating how he was treating the housekeeper and his repeated and forever praise for his professionalism and his former employer

[@Samwell-L]

(I've just finished the book so this is an essay but disclaimer, there's a TL;DR at the bottom) What made me cry (well, well-up with tears that didn’t fall but had to be wiped away) is the futility of Steven's efforts and the desperate justification he has to search for to not have his mind broken by the truth of events. Let's look at the main ones in chronological order: Stevens' hears an American claim that his lordship is an “amateur” and that the “British” way of doing things was at an end and what happens? His lordship's English, gentlemanly ways get taken advantage of by evil men, loses his standing and is widely remembered as the anti-Semite he briefly once was. Then, Stevens' obsession with professionalism and duty (no doubt inherited from his father) pushes away the one person he was close with in Miss Kenton, who partially due to anxiety about her own life but also following the small incidents with Stevens leaves Darlington Hall to marry Mr. Benn. And then following his lordship's death, an American buys Darlington Hall and presents it as a novelty of English sensibility, living proof that what the American said at the 1923 conference came to pass. Stevens' service to Lord Darlington did not further peace in Europe as he'd hoped but actually furthered the cause of fascism in England and his lordship never recovered. Then on the last page, after hearing a group of strangers bantering for the sake of it, he commits himself to learning to banter to better serve Mr. Farraday but Stevens doesn’t see the value in something for the sake of enjoying it, it's always in service of something else. It’s this attitude that has guided his whole professional life and at the end of the story has left him alone and weary, costing him romance, proper grieving and any familial legacy. But this guiding principle is the only thing that also brings him happiness and so continues to cling to it. I believe it is this paradox/contradiction that people (myself included) find so sad. So in summary, Stevens' professional life and devotion has kind of been for nothing. He gave exceptional service to the wrong men and trusted a man whose judgement was flawed and who was dignified to the point of arrogance, a quality that Stevens prizes above all else despite all the evidence that it’s not as flawless a characteristic as he thinks it is. TL;DR: Stevens has Stockholm Syndrome while holding himself hostage in a job that time has rendered meaningless. But it's not all sad, I’ve been on lots of holidays to the West Country and it really is as beautiful as he describes 😄

[@maddog6620]

You are cool 😎

[@thalunizz21]

'Never let me go' please?

[@superqwat8618]

I just read it like a week ago :D

[@bellehogel8665]

And if you can't find it at your local hook seller try your local library

[@Fenrisson]

Lady is working, let her be! Ask her on a date and THEN tell her about the story.

[@advanceringnewholder]

4:03 tsundere? isn't that tsundere?

[@fantalandia4273]

I like the thing of the 2 Matt doing Curiousity Stream and Nebula. I think that Matt breakes the 2+2 Wall 🤣 Also, i Love Miss Kenton's design 😍

[@elgrosdude7]

thus spoke zarathustra!

[@bigsarge2085]

👍👍

[@alexxx4434]

More existential anxiety, yay!

[@bendi3768]

Do amos's fortune

[@theredcheddar1756]

Hello

[@pyeitme508]

Wow

[@Ozgipsy]

Why does Mr Stephens have hair buns?

[@Inactive_Account29283]

The character in the video is not meant to represent Mr stevens

[@CaffeinatedIce]

OMG NO THIS IS TOO SAD

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Tom Waits for no man. Ha 😃

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Almost eighth

[@TheOneCalledSloth]

I really hate the self-insert thing in these vidoes

[@BenCDBrown]

I know why we have never read these books, they are so so boring and up their own ass I wouldn't read if I was stuck in solitary confident.

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You mean confidant? ;)

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@@ViolosD2I stupid phone. Always making me hit the wrong buttyon.

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*confinement

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How do you know if you haven't read them?