Never Let Me Go

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282 s., 304 sidor

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Publicerades 5 januari 2006 av TBS/GBS/Transworld.

ISBN:
978-0-571-22414-2
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Never Let Me Go is a 2005 dystopian science fiction novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize (an award Ishiguro had previously won in 1989 for The Remains of the Day), for the 2006 Arthur C. Clarke Award and for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award. Time magazine named it the best novel of 2005 and included the novel in its "100 Best English-language novels published since 1923—the beginning of TIME". It also received an ALA Alex Award in 2006. A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010; a Japanese television drama aired in 2016.

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recenserade Never Let Me Go av Kazuo Ishiguro

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Maybe it's that I'd seen the film and knew every path the story would take, maybe it's that Ishiguro managed to make Kathy sound eerily like ChatGPT, maybe it's the annoyance at people telling me this isn't "Sci-Fi" but REAL literature, but something about this didn't quite grab me. It's a good piece of worldbuilding and good narrative trickery, and I do like that there's no big action setpieces, but... at least ONE look from outside? At least ONE moment of at least thinking about refusing? I like it, but can't shake the idea that Ishiguro says in 318 pages what LeGuin's Omelas said in 4.

recenserade Never Let Me Go av Kazuo Ishiguro

The tension of living

The disturbing premise of the novel is revealed quickly, but daily life just continues. It creates a tension that lasts all through the story. Although there's no need for a big reveal, the journey becomes heartbreaking.

Although the novel's premise could be called science fiction, it's a character-driven literary work.

Ämnen

  • England, fiction
  • Fiction, psychological
  • Fiction, science fiction, general