To mark the Twentieth Anniversary of Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro’s modern classic Never Let Me Go, BU Principal Academic Dr Yugin Teo from the Faculty of Media and Communication participated in a three-part edition of the World Literature Podcast on YouTube, together with Prof Laura Colombino from the University of Genova, hosted by Dr Ivan Stacy.
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Part 1 of the podcast examines the cultural impact the novel has had since its publication in 2005, and its importance as a work of dystopian and science fiction: https://youtu.be/Ttsz-Vt2MbE?si=6pSX_jfu5FAwJNDq
Part 2 discusses how the novel deals with memory and how it speaks to contemporary politics: https://youtu.be/1vILMft2DkQ?si=e6EKu33CFFuMOAyZ
The final part features recommendations for further reading and predictions for Ishiguro’s next novel: https://youtu.be/C8Ox0nSeB_0?si=sQYF3Sj5xRyoEVuD
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