Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

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from The Acclaimed Author Ofthe Remains Of The DayAndwhen We Were Orphans, A Moving New Novel That Subtly Reimagines Our World And Time In A Haunting Story Of Friendship And Love.

as A Child, Kathy-–now Thirty-one Years Old–-lived At Hailsham, A Private School In The Scenic English Countryside Where The Children Were Sheltered From The Outside World, Brought Up To Believe That They Were Special And That Their Well-being Was Crucial Not Only For Themselves But For The Society They Would Eventually Enter. Kathy Had Long Ago Put This Idyllic Past Behind Her, But When Two Of Her Hailsham Friends Come Back Into Her Life, She Stops Resisting The Pull Of Memory.

and So, As Her Friendship With Ruth Is Rekindled, And As The Feelings That Long Ago Fueled Her Adolescent Crush On Tommy Begin To Deepen Into Love, Kathy Recalls Their Years At Hailsham. She Describes Happy Scenes Of Boys And Girls Growing Up Together, Unperturbed-–even Comforted-–by Their Isolation....

the New York Times - Michiko Kakutani

in This Novel, Mr. Ishiguro Has Set Aside The Windy Kafkaesque Pretensions Of His Last Two Books To Tell A Tight, Deftly Controlled Story. Though The Grisly Material He's Dealing With Is Light Years Removed From That Inthe Remains Of The Day,The Resulting Novel Is Just As Accomplished And, In A Very Different Way, Just As Melancholy And Alarming.

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