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Never Let Me Go A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Never Let Me Go A Novel about?

Thought-provoking and unsettling by turns, Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel gradually unveils the true nature of three children’s apparently happy childhoods.Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham - an idyllic establishment situated deep in the English countryside. The children were sheltered entirely from the outside world and brought up to believe they were special. But why were they really there? Now 31, Kathy looks back on the past and narrates the haunting story of how she and her two friends slowly came to confront the truth about their past - and about their futures."It's a thoughtful, crafty, and finally very disquieting look at the effects of dehumanization on any group that's subject to it. In Ishiguro's subtle hands, these effects are far from obvious ... Ishiguro's tone is perfect: Kathy is intelligent but nothing extraordinary...It's all hideously familiar and gruesomely compelling to anyone who ever kept a teenage diary... What is art for? the characters ask. They connect the question to their own circumstances, but surely they speak for anyone with a connection with the arts: What is art for?... The people in it aren't heroic. The ending is not comforting. Nevertheless,

Who reads Never Let Me Go A Novel?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781400043392
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction
Rating
3.8 / 5 (301,855 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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