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The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro
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historical fiction literary fiction past tense first POV ~309 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic solemn reflective

A slow-burn historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count77,152
Page count~309 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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