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The Book: Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go is a mainstream novel with some science fiction elements.  The central characters became friends at an unusual boarding school in an alternate, dystopian version of contemporary Great Britain, and the plot follows their efforts to decipher and escape the purpose of their highly controlled lives.  The novel raises pertinent questions about modern medical and scientific ethics.

Never Let Me Go was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize, the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the 2006 Arthur C. Clarke Award.  Time Magazine named it the best fiction novel of 2005, and it received an American Library Association Alex Award in 2006. 

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The Author: Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro has written six novels and a number of screenplays.  He is best known for The Remains of the Day, winner of the Booker Prize in 1989.  Born in Japan, he has lived in Great Britain since his early childhood and became a British citizen in 1982.  Although he claims little Japanese influence on his work many of his novels end on a note of melancholy resignation rather than with a strong plot resolution, in keeping with the Japanese cultural tradition of mono no aware, literally translated “the pathos of things.”

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Where to Borrow the Book

  • Cape Fear Community College Learning Resource Center | Website
  • Eugene Ashley High School | Website
  • New Hanover County Public Library | Website
  • UNCW Randall Library | Website | Catalog Link

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Where to Buy the Book

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Last updated: 16 June, 2008 14:54
Comments and Suggestions: Liza Palmer <palmerl@uncw.edu>