Remnants of the day

Some considered the novel "The Remains of the Day" one of Ishiguro's most mysterious works, others praised its unique narrative style, and they all agreed on defining it as a ghost novel. Its ghosts do not settle in the room of the suicidal daughter stealing sleep from her sister, nor do they suffice with swinging with the necks of children on surviving tree branches, or clapping the shutters of the dilapidated hut, the only remaining one in a neighborhood wiped out by the bomb; rather, they flicker in every direction the narrator looks at. Whenever she closes her eyes to sleep, she plunges into the corridors of painful memory. "The Remains of the Day" gained wide fame worldwide, especially after it was turned into a famous film.