Never Let Me Go - Signed - First Edition

Ishiguro, Kazuo

ISBN 10: 0571224113 / ISBN 13: 9780571224111

Published by Faber and Faber, 2005

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Signed, first edition, first impression in unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket in near fine condition some very small bumps to the edges of the top but hardly noticeable, some slight scratches on the back. Book in near fine condition edges sharp slight bumping to the top and base of the spine, no spine lean, clean boards, text block quite clean, head slightly foxed. More photos available on request. In general a lovely copy. Time magazine named the best novel of 2005 and included it in its list of the 100 best English language novels since 1923. In Never Let Me Go he has fashioned another remarkable story - a story of love, loss and hidden truths - that takes its place amongst his finest work.Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham - an idyllic establishment situated deep in the English countryside. The Children there were tenderly sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe they were special, and that their personal welfare was crucial. But for what reason were they really there?It is only years later that Kathy, now aged 31, finally allows herself to yield to the pull of memory. What unfolds is the haunting story of how Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, slowly come face the truth about their seemingly happy childhoods - and about their futures.Never Let Me Go is a uniquely moving novel, charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of our lives. Seller Inventory # ABE-1705929231337

Bibliographic Details

Title: Never Let Me Go - Signed - First Edition

Publisher: Faber and Faber

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Kazuo Ishiguro has been acclaimed in the Sunday Times for 'extending the possibilities of fiction'. In Never Let Me Go he has fashioned another remarkable story - a story of love, loss and hidden truths - that takes its place among his finest work.

Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham - an idyllic establishment situated deep in the English countryside. The children there were tenderly sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe they were special, and that their personal welfare was crucial. But for what reason were they really there?

It is only years later that Kathy, now aged thirty-one, finally allows herself to yield to the pull of memory. What unfolds is the haunting story of how Kathy, Ruth and Tommy slowly come to face the truth about their seemingly happy childhoods - and about their futures.

Never Let Me Go is a uniquely moving novel, charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of our lives.

Review:

"'Ishiguro is the best and most original novelist of his generation.' Susan Hill, Mail on Sunday"