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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

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Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go

Poignant tale of memory, love, and fate's fragility.

"Never Let Me Go" offers a haunting journey that echoes with readers long after the last page. It combines an elegant narrative of growing up with the piercing realization of one's purpose in a world that is at once familiar and disquietingly off-kilter. Ishiguro's refined storytelling invites introspection and a deep emotional connection, making it perfect for those who appreciate literature that stays with you and prompts reflection on life's delicate balances.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2005)
  • Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2006)
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2006)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2005)
  • ALA Alex Award (2006)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2005)
  • Premio Novela Europea Casino de Santiago (2007)
  • Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Belletristik (2006)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2007)
  • Premio Merck Serono for Romanzo (2006)
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by Kazuo Ishiguro
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ISBN: 9780571224142
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date of Publication: 2006-01-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Romance, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Japanese Literature, Dystopia, Asian Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.85
(rated by 877876 readers)

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In one of the most acclaimed and original novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.
 

Poignant tale of memory, love, and fate's fragility.

"Never Let Me Go" offers a haunting journey that echoes with readers long after the last page. It combines an elegant narrative of growing up with the piercing realization of one's purpose in a world that is at once familiar and disquietingly off-kilter. Ishiguro's refined storytelling invites introspection and a deep emotional connection, making it perfect for those who appreciate literature that stays with you and prompts reflection on life's delicate balances.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2005)
  • Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2006)
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2006)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2005)
  • ALA Alex Award (2006)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2005)
  • Premio Novela Europea Casino de Santiago (2007)
  • Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Belletristik (2006)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2007)
  • Premio Merck Serono for Romanzo (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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