Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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In this non-spoiler video, I share parallels between John Williams's "Stoner" and Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day." I explain why these two books could share a similar audience, followed by a spoiler-free review of "The Remains of the Day."

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0:00 Intro
0:50 Book Overviews
1:39 General themes
3:27 Specific themes
7:42 The Remains of the Day setup
8:55 Greatness
11:18 Professionalism as Imprisonment
14:22 The human need to reflect on the past


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