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Never Let Me Go: 20th anniversary edition Paperback – 1 August 2010

by Kazuo Ishiguro (Author)
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A story of love, friendship and memory.

In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, 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.
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  1. Print length
    304 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Faber Paperback
  4. Publication date
    1 August 2010
  5. Dimensions
    19.7 x 12.9 x 1.11 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    9780571258093
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0571258093
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About the Author

Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of six novels, A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, The Unconsoled, When We Were Orphans and Never Let Me Go. He received an OBE for Services to Literature in 1995, and the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0571258093
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Faber Paperback; 1st edition (1 August 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780571258093
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0571258093
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.11 cm
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KAZUO ISHIGURO was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight previous works of fiction have earned him many honors around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages, and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both made into acclaimed films, have each sold more than 2 million copies. He was given a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan.

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Lesley Jenkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Sob
Reviewed in Australia on 17 February 2024
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Sob…sob….for probably the first time in my life I recommend watching the film first….sob….sob
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Joanne Third
4.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of story.
Reviewed in Australia on 29 June 2015
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A most unusual, if not rather depressing story line. However as I continued reading I became more engrossed and more intrigued. Beautifully written, Kazuo Ishiguro engages the reader's imagination well, although it took a couple of chapters to grasp what was going on. I enjoyed it on the whole.
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gayle Russell
3.0 out of 5 stars More the sci-fi end of reality
Reviewed in Australia on 4 July 2015
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I found the story reasonably interesting but felt it did not measure up to his excellent book 'The Remains of the Day', The story was unusual but ultimately felt more at the sci-fi end of reality. Its exploration of some of the primary relationships held some interest.
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candie t.
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in Australia on 12 October 2022
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Ishiguro never disappoints and he crafts this novel so well. Post modern and dystopian in genre, it weaves a very credible world that makes an indictment on aspects of today's society. I enjoyed this book immensely.
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jon hay
4.0 out of 5 stars Literary
Reviewed in Australia on 23 December 2022
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Loved the themes and languid pace of the book. Recommended.
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L Pemberton12
5.0 out of 5 stars It was so good. Ishiguro wrote the entire book from the perspective ...
Reviewed in Australia on 30 July 2018
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It was so good. Ishiguro wrote the entire book from the perspective of a 30yr old women who was perhaps a little naive. It's not a complicated story but it has so many layers of meaning. It was a really good discussion book for our book group.
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Sarah McKenzie
2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I thought
Reviewed in Australia on 18 July 2015
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Not as good as I thought, writing too dis-jointed and difficult to follow. Just didn't cut it for me. Disappointing.
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R A Rose
3.0 out of 5 stars although love, I suppose
Reviewed in Australia on 18 May 2015
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I think Kazuo Ishiguro must be the Ang Lee of novelists - each of his books has such a different setting and feel, although love, I suppose, could be one of the central themes of the three I have read. This is so different in feel to the last I read, The Buried Giant (which I think I liked slightly more).
Set in the near, or perhaps just alternative, future I enjoyed the way the situation of the main characters in Never Let Me Go is only revealed gradually, to us as it is to them. The 'science fiction' idea which is explored is not a new one but the story through which it is told is, as we follow a group of friends from young school days and through their adult lives.
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J. C. Mareschal
5.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing, sad, moving, and beautiful story.
Reviewed in Canada on 11 March 2024
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Nobel prize laureate, Kazuo Ishiguro, is not a very prolific writer, but each of his books is a real jewel. “Never let me go” is a very disturbing but also very moving story of a group of children educated in a secluded boarding school in England. Their education prepares them for a very special fate. These children are clones who are destined, after a couple of years of “normal life”, to give their organs for transplant, and after each operation recover for another organ removal until they die. What is so disturbing about the book is that this horrible scheme is so plausible when some governments and criminal gangs are engaged in organ trafficking. But not everything is dark in this story. The “victims” face their fate with incredible fortitude because they care for each other and find meaning in their togetherness. A very sad and very beautiful story!
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Deya Cast
5.0 out of 5 stars 10/10
Reviewed in Mexico on 24 November 2023
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Llegó bastante antes de tiempo y en muy buenas condiciones.
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Maurício Fontana Filho
5.0 out of 5 stars nota máxima dou seis se der não dá
Reviewed in Brazil on 6 September 2021
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to cheio de coisa pra fazer e li rapidinho do início ao fim porque o livro é top demais
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lorerocu
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book and this version has a great size!
Reviewed in Germany on 27 March 2024
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Nice and compact, great for traveling!
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful narrative and interesting plot
Reviewed in Italy on 3 January 2024
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I've finished it in 5 days. The plot is really engaging and interesting, and I found characters, places, and events very well narrated -- This book makes me re-evaluate my feelings against coming-of-age stories.
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