A gorgeous 20th-anniversary edition of this beloved modern classic, complete with a brand new introduction from the Nobel Prize-winning author.

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER A gorgeous 20th-anniversary edition of this beloved modern classic, complete with a brand new introduction from the Nobel Prizewinning author. 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. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life. ''Masterly . . .A novel with piercing questions about humanity and humaneness.'' Sunday Times ''A brilliantly executed book by a master craftsman who has chosen a difficult subject: ourselves, seen through a glass, darkly.'' MARGARET ATWOOD ''A page-turner and a heartbreaker, a tour de force of knotted tension and buried anguish.'' TIME

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KAZUO ISHIGURO was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have both been made into acclaimed films. He received a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan. His latest novel, Klara and the Sun, was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller in both hardcover and paperback.

Ishiguro also works occasionally as a screenwriter. His screenplay for Living (2022) received Academy Award (Oscar) and BAFTA nominations. Film adaptations of Klara and the Sun and A Pale View of the Hills are due for release in 2026., (Shorter/Catalogue version)

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize, and have been translated into over fifty languages. His most recent novel, Klara and the Sun was a number one Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback.

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THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
A SUNDAY TIMES 'TOP 5 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY'**

'Masterly.' Sunday Times
'A brilliantly executed book by a master craftsman.' MARGARET ATWOOD
'A page-turner and a heartbreaker, a tour de force of knotted tension and buried anguish.' TIME

Complete with a brand new introduction from the Nobel Prize-winning author.
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A beautiful anniversary edition to mark twenty years of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, in which he imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of 1990s England.

Narrated by Kathy H, as she tries to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, it is a story of love, friendship and memory, charged throughout with a sense of life's fragility.
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Readers adore Never Let Me Go:*

'A masterpiece . . . a beautifully written, skilfully crafted story that reveals what lies in the core of the human heart.'

'Touches the depths of your intellect and your soul.'

'A genuinely moving illustration of an aspect of human nature that we usually like to ignore.'

'I guarantee it will move you and probably bring you close to tears.'

'A masterful read: gripping, thought-provoking, and immensely sad . . . I have found myself thinking about it for days.'

'Undoubtedly a modern classic that spans genres.'

'I read it in a day and I am certain it will stay with me for years.'**