KAZUO ISHIGURO

Never Let Me Go - fragments
 

I was talking to one of my donors a few days ago who was complaining about how memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t see them ever fading. I lost Ruth, then I lost Tommy, but I won’t lose my memories of them.
I suppose I lost Hailsham too. You still hear stories about some ex-Hailsham student trying to find it, or rather the place where it used to be. And the odd rumour will go round sometimes about what Hailsham’s become these days—a hotel, a school, a ruin. Myself, for all the driving I do, I’ve never tried to find it. I’m not really interested in seeing it, whatever way it is now.
 

Silvia-Mihaela Culea

Kazuo Ishiguro
 

Acum cateva zile vorbeam cu unul dintre donatorii pe care ii aveam in grija, care se plangea ca amintirile, chiar si cele mai de pret, se pierd surprinzator de repede. Dar eu nu sunt de acord cu asta. Amintirile pe care le pretuiesc cel mai mult, nu le vad pierzandu-se niciodata. Am pirdut-o pe Ruth, apoi l-am pierdut pe Tommy, dar nu o sa-mi pierd amintirile despre ei.
Cred ca am pierdut si Halisham. Inca se mai aud povesti legate de vreun fost elev de la Halisham care incearca sa-l gaseasca, sau mai degraba locul unde a fost odata. Si uneori se zvoneste in mod bizar despre felul in care a ajuns zilele acestea Halisham – un hotel, o scoala, o ruina. Eu insami, desi conduc destul, nu am incercat niciodata sa il gasesc. Nu prea sunt interesata sa-l vad, oricum ar arata acum.