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  Kazuo Ishiguro represents a unique breed of authors, the kind capable of thinking outside any box imposed by genres or expectations. In his first novel since winning the Nobel prize in Literature, titled Klara and the Sun , he tells the story of a solar-powered artificial intelligence companion and all learns during its life amidst a dysfunctional family.

Very few civilizations out there have had such a far-reaching impact as the Romans, creating one of the vastest and longest-enduring empires in human history. Nevertheless, the giant fell just like all the ones before and after it, leaving many countries in a dire state of ruin and abandon, and such was the case with Britain.

As children, we all probably remember at least one of our teachers, at one point or another, telling us how special and full of potential we were… and it wasn’t exactly inaccurate. It is something every child needs to hear in order to have the motivation to move onwards in life and make something out of their potential. However, in Never Let Me Go , by Kazuo Ishiguro, the “special” kids who live at the mysterious boarding school of Haisham in countryside England are more than your regular type of special… however, none of them knew how or why.