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Never Let Me Go
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Never Let Me Go
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Not being a fan of science fiction, I was sceptical about picking up this book. However as other reviewers have noted (see below), Never Let Me Go may be set in an alternative universe -- more precisely, in an England of the 1990s where cloning humans and raising them to harvest their organs is an integrated part of the social fabric -- but the emotional notes it hits and psychological issues it raises are very familiar. The novel tells the story of Tommy, Kathy and Ruth, ostensibly just students at an English boarding school, but it rapidly becomes evident there's something more going on. Kath begins the story through a series of recollections as she's travelling the English countryside working as a "carer" for her list of "donors", and the rest of the book is dedicated to explaining how she reached this status, what it's like, and why her donors seem entirely resigned to their fates. Never Let Me Go is a curiously quiet read, but blood-curdling in its exploration of the seemingly unlimited capacity of human beings to accept the unacceptable.Never Let Me Go was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2005 (it was ultimately beaten by John Banville's The Sea). You can read reviews in the New York Times here, the Guardian here, the Village Voice here, the New Statesman here. (Top left: "CopyCat", a Texas kitten cloned in 2002.) |
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