Dec 23, 2009

The Remains of the Day | Techniques

Ishiguro uses the structure of parallel narratives employed in his first two novels. A present-tense story frames and provides a logical context for the memories which make up the past-tense story. Both story lines reach their culmination at the end of the novel. Lord Darlington's largest and most important peace conference (representing the crisis of Stevens's professional career) and Miss Kenton's announcement that she has received a proposal of marriage (although he does not realize it, the crisis of his personal life) take place simultaneously and represent the climax of the...