Never let me go
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm.
Status
Moab Library - Adult Fiction Book
F ISHIGURO
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F ISHIGURO
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6, 15 Points
Level 6, 15 Points
Notes
Description
Set in late 1990s England, in a parallel universe in which humans are cloned and raised expressly to "donate" their healthy organs and thus eradicate disease from the normal population, this is an epic ethical horror story, told in devastatingly poignant miniature. By age 31, narrator (and clone) Kathy H has spent nearly 12 years as a "carer" to dozens of "donors." Knowing that her number is sure to come up soon, she recounts--in excruciating detail--the fraught, minute dramas of her happily sheltered childhood and adolescence at Hailsham, an idyllic, isolated school/orphanage where clone-students are encouraged to make art and feel special. Protected (as is the reader, at first) from the full truth about their eventual purpose in the larger world, "we [students] were always just too young to understand properly the latest piece of information. But of course we'd take it in at some level, so that before long all this stuff was there in our heads without us ever having examined it properly." This tension of knowing-without-knowing permeates all of the students' tense, sweetly innocent interactions, especially Kath's touchingly stilted love triangle with two Hailsham classmates, manipulative Ruth and kind-hearted Tommy.
Awards
Winner 2006 Alex Award.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ishiguro, K. (2005). Never let me go (1st American ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. 2005. Never Let Me Go. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. Never Let Me Go Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go 1st American ed., Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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