Literary Science fiction Classics 2005

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Published in Spanish as Nunca Me Abandones

In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England.

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What it is

The life of someone made, not born · it makes you cry, in a good way

What happens in it

School setting Artificial lives

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How it's told

Who tells it
First person
Pulls you in with
Its characters

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you read for the characters
  • you like a book that stays with you for days
  • you like a book that leaves you uneasy

Maybe not if…

  • you're not in the mood to cry

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