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 and try to make sense of the past. What unfolds is an extraordinarily powerful story in which Kathy, Ruth and Tommy slowly come to realise that it is their seemingly happy childhood that has haunted them ever since, even tainting their adult lives. Part love story, part mystery, "Never Let Me Go" is a uniquely beautiful and troubling novel, charged throughout with a profound emotional depth.
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石黑一雄(1954— ),生于日本长崎,五岁随父定居英国。英国当代著名作家,与奈保尔、拉什迪并称“英国文坛移民三雄”。
著有六部长篇小说,获奖无数,其中包括一次布克奖(《长日留痕》),三次布克奖提名,并获大英帝国勋章及法国政府文学和艺术骑士勋章。
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“我总是想到在某个地方有条河,河水非常急。河水里有这么两个人,他们试图抓住彼此,竭尽一切可能紧紧地抓组对方,可是最终还是不行。水流实在太急了,他们没法不松开,分开漂走了。我想这就是我们现在的情形。真是可惜啊,凯西,因为我们一生彼此相爱。可是最终我们却不能永远在一起。”
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