Never Let Me Go

De: Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and Klara and the Sun, comes “a Gothic tour de force" (The New York Times) with an extraordinary twist—a moving, suspenseful, beautifully atmospheric modern classic.

Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well-tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants them to be. But, curiously, they are taught nothing of the outside world and are allowed little contact with it.

Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it’s only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is.

Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date.

©2005 Kazuo Ishiguro (P)2017 Vintage Canada

Reseñas de la Crítica

2005, Booker Prize, Nominated

2005, National Book Critics Circle Awards, Nominated

2006, Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia), Nominated

2006, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Nominated

"Ishiguro’s provocative subject matter and taut, potent prose have earned him multiple literary decorations, including the French government’s Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and an Order of the British Empire for service to literature. . . . In this luminous offering, he nimbly navigates the landscape of emotion—the inevitable link between present and past and the fine line between compassion and cruelty, pleasure and pain." (Booklist)

Another mesmerizing story by Ishiguro.

A deeply touching story of love and compassion. It is terrifying to think that this dystopian story may not be that far off from what may be possible in the nearest future. Makes us think about technological advancement vs the choices that we make as a society. Quite terrifying....
Rosalyn Landor is the perfect reader for this story.