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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro

A dystopian coming-of-age novel about trust, education and children coming to terms with their special place in the world. Protagonist Kathy tells the story of her childhood attending a private school in England. There, living healthily is the most important rule. She and her friends already feel that they are special in some way but it will take them some years more until they realize just how much…

· · 2005

Critical edition

Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go. Faber & Faber, 2006. 282 pp., ISBN 9780571224142

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  • Award-winning
  • Explores historical contexts
  • Gender equality
  • Students can identify with the text
  • Recommended by a federal state: Saarland, Saxony-Anhalt

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