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Three young clones must give their organs to other people. A lab created them for this role. Kazuo Ishiguro tells a tragic tale of their love. The novel blends a love story with science fiction. It looks at lost hopes. It weighs life as it is against what it could be.

At Hailsham, clone children play and watch films. They also collect books and magazines. These acts keep their minds off their true purpose. They hope to find freedom past the fence. But each can live through only so many organ donations. Tension builds as the tale moves toward a surprise ending.

The book was a nominee for the Booker Prize. It was also up for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. It earned a National Book Critic Circle Award nomination too. The New York Times named it among its best books. Publishers Weekly did the same.

Vali Florescu made this edition's translation from English. Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki in 1954. He moved to Britain in 1960. He began to publish fiction at the age of 28. He has won the Booker Prize. He also holds British and French honours. In 2017, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.