Don't let go of me

“Never Let Me Go” is a piercing book that rightfully belongs on the list of the 100 best English novels of all time. Its author is a native-born Japanese man, a graduate of Malcolm Bradbury’s literary seminar and the winner of the Booker Prize for the novel “A Very British Scandal.” Thirty-year-old Kathy recalls her childhood at the privileged Hailsham school, full of strange omissions, half-truths, and an underlying sense of menace. This is a parable. It is a story of love, friendship, and memory. It is the ultimate embodiment of the metaphor “to serve with one’s whole life.” It is also a parable about the present and the past that evokes emotional turmoil and pain. A pain that will heal, but will stay with you long after you have finished reading. Adapted for the screen in 2010.