Never Let Me Go
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Published 2005 (304 pages)
Fiction
This book picked for the June 2011 meetings.
Added by John Riedl on April 18, 2011 12:00:00 AM
Members who read this book:
Considered for 1 meetings: June 2011.
Club voting 4.5 (1 votes)
Club rating 4.25 (2 ratings)
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| Beautiful writing; many layers; depressing |
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Summary
All children should believe they are special. But the students of Hailsham, an elite school in the English countryside, are so special that visitors shun them, and only by rumor and the occasional fleeting remark by a teacher do they discover their unconventional origins and strange destiny. Kazuo Ishiguro's sixth novel, Never Let Me Go, is a masterpiece of indirection. Like the students of Hailsham, readers are "told but not told" what is going on and should be allowed to discover the secrets of Hailsham and the truth about these children on their own.
Related
- Jamie's wife's book club read this book, and saw the movie, a few months back.
- LibraryThing Recommended
