Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro
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Never Let Me Go (2005)

Kazuo Ishiguro

Others: Mostly positive

Ishiguro explores what it means to have a soul and how art distinguishes man from other life forms. But above all, Never Let Me Go is a study of friendship and the bonds we form which make or break while we come of age.

ISBN:
9780008247140
Length:
288 pages

Genres: science fiction

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