London: Faber and Faber Limited, 2005
8vo., dark green boards, lettered in cream to spine; together in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, featuring a design by ‘Two Associates’; bright yellow endpapers; pp. [x], 3-263, [i]; a near-fine copy with slight shelf lean, and a couple of scratches to the lower board/outer edge of the text block; discrete pencil annotation to rear endpaper; the wrapper also near-fine, with some very light creasing.
First UK edition, with full number line 1-10.
Ishiguro’s sixth, and arguably best-loved novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in the year of publication. The story is told through the eyes of Kathy, who recounts her youth growing up at Hailsham - a private school in the idyllic English countryside - alongside friends Ruth and Tommy. Now 31 years old, the novel reveals her ‘special purpose’, and her place, alongside others, in a uniquely dystopian society.
In 2010 the film adaptation was released to great critical acclaim, starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield in the lead roles.
A unique and moving story on the fragility - and futility - of human life.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 2005
8vo., dark green boards, lettered in cream to spine; together in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, featuring a design by ‘Two Associates’; bright yellow endpapers; pp. [x], 3-263, [i]; a near-fine copy with slight shelf lean, and a couple of scratches to the lower board/outer edge of the text block; discrete pencil annotation to rear endpaper; the wrapper also near-fine, with some very light creasing.
First UK edition, with full number line 1-10.
Ishiguro’s sixth, and arguably best-loved novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in the year of publication. The story is told through the eyes of Kathy, who recounts her youth growing up at Hailsham - a private school in the idyllic English countryside - alongside friends Ruth and Tommy. Now 31 years old, the novel reveals her ‘special purpose’, and her place, alongside others, in a uniquely dystopian society.
In 2010 the film adaptation was released to great critical acclaim, starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield in the lead roles.
A unique and moving story on the fragility - and futility - of human life.