The Remains of the Day: Conlusion

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In which David, Heidi, and Tim discuss the ending to Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. They discuss the heartbreaking nature of the book, what to make of Steven's final conversation with Mrs. Benn, whether he changed in the end, and much more.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Close Reeds here on the Close Reeds Podcast Network.
0:05.5	I'm David Kern and I'm joined by Heidi White and Tim McIntosh.
0:08.9	Heidi and Tim, welcome back to the show.
0:10.2	How's it going?
0:11.2	Thanks.
0:12.2	Doing great.
0:13.2	How are you, David?
0:14.2	Thank you, David.
0:15.2	So we are here to discuss the concluding sections of the remains of the day. It's that time for us to talk
0:23.3	about the remains of the book. I just thought of that. I did not plan that. If I had planned it,
0:28.9	it were been filmed. Right. Nailed it. So we are here to discuss the final two sections of
0:36.0	remains of the day. Before we get into that in depth depth though, you to say a quick word from our friends over
0:41.2	at New College Franklin.
0:42.9	This episode of Close Reeds is brought to you by New College Franklin.
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