Never Let Me Go
The novel that takes you apart piece by piece before you realise what it was doing.
The Story
Kathy H. tells her story with a composure that takes time to understand. Kazuo Ishiguro's novel follows three friends from their sheltered childhood at Hailsham into adulthood and a truth they have always known but never quite faced. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 288 pages.
Never Let Me Go
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"We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time.
"Kazuo Ishiguro
Ishiguro wrote Kathy's entire narration as a memory told from a place of acceptance. The prose style is the story. Nothing is declared. Everything is understood.
The 2010 film starred Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Keira Knightley. Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017.