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Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro Original title Never Let Me Go (British English, 2005)

Never Let Me Go is a 2005 dystopian science fiction novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize , 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 TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. 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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“It'll come off. If you can't get it off yourself, just take it to Miss Jody.”

Source: Never Let Me Go (2005), Chapter 1, p. 11

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“Maybe she sells them. Outside, out there.”

Source: Never Let Me Go (2005), Chapter 3, p. 31

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“Miss Emily had an intellect you could slice logs with.”

Source: Never Let Me Go (2005), Chapter 4, p. 43

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“nostalgic about their collections.”

Source: Never Let Me Go (2005), Chapter 4, p. 38

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“At least you got him to pipe down,' she said. 'Are you okay? Mad animal.”

Source: Never Let Me Go (2005), Chapter 1, p. 12

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