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Titles in This Set
The Remains of the Day
Never Let Me Go
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789124251079
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Age Range: Adult
Overview
This two-book paperback collection brings together two of Kazuo Ishiguro's most celebrated novels: the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day and the Booker-shortlisted Never Let Me Go. Together they showcase the quiet, devastating power of Ishiguro's prose, exploring memory, duty, love and the passage of time. A perfect introduction for new readers and a beautiful set for longstanding fans of this Nobel Prize-winning author, ideal for gifting or building a personal library of modern classics.
About the Books
The Remains of the Day follows Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, as he embarks on a journey through the English countryside in the summer of 1956 that becomes a journey into his own past. Through his precise, restrained narration, Ishiguro unpicks a lifetime of duty, missed opportunity and unspoken love, set against the backdrop of a fading aristocratic England between the wars. It remains one of the most acclaimed British novels of the twentieth century, winner of the 1989 Booker Prize and adapted into a beloved film starring Anthony Hopkins.
Never Let Me Go imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a quietly unsettling version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, the novel traces her attempts to make sense of her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and of the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends. A haunting meditation on love, friendship, memory and mortality, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and named one of Time magazine's 100 best English-language novels since 1923. Together, these two novels represent Ishiguro at his most emotionally precise and profound, rewarding readers who appreciate understated, deeply human storytelling.
- Two acclaimed novels by a Nobel Prize-winning author in one collection
- Includes the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day
- Brand new paperback copies, perfect for gifting
- Ideal for book clubs, literary fiction fans and modern classics collectors
- Both titles adapted into critically acclaimed films
- Great value way to own two contemporary literary classics together
About the Author
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 novels have been translated into over fifty languages, and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both made into acclaimed films, have each sold more than two million copies. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature.
Why You'll Love This Collection
Two of the most affecting novels in modern British fiction, bundled together in one beautifully presented paperback set — perfect for discovering, rediscovering or gifting the work of a true literary master.
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