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Never Let Me Go

Author
Kazuo Ishiguro
Narrator
Kerry Fox
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publish Date
6 June 2013
Run Time
9 hours 26 minutes
Format
x-book®
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Science fiction
Rating
4.0 (4 reviews)

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In one of the most acclaimed novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatizes her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

User Reviews

Book 4.0

Narration 4.8

  • 5.0 5.0

    Excellent, sad, beautiful, wonderful and totally believable. Its a much listen 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

    Johnboy 2024-05-17

Details
Author
Kazuo Ishiguro
Narrator
Kerry Fox
Duration
9 hours 26 minutes
Release Date
6 June 2013
ISBN
9780571308637
Format
x-book®
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Science fiction
Rating
4.0(4 reviews)
Narration
4.8(4 reviews)

Synopsis

In one of the most acclaimed novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatizes her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

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