Never Let Me Go - Signed - First Edition

Ishiguro, Kazuo

ISBN 10: 0571224113 / ISBN 13: 9780571224111

Verlag: Faber and Faber, 2005

Beschreibung

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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1705929231337

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Never Let Me Go - Signed - First Edition
• Verlag: Faber and Faber
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0571224113
• ISBN-13: 9780571224111
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
• Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

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Inhaltsangabe

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 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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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 the 2022 film Living received Academy Award (Oscar) and BAFTA nominations. Cinema adaptation of Klara and the Sun and A Pale View of the Hills are due for release in 2025., (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.