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Klara and the Sun

  • 334 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2021
  • 31 editions

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1 About this book

"Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, tells the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her.

Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?

In its award citation in 2017, the Nobel committee described Ishiguro's books as "novels of great emotional force" and said he has "uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.""

Good for readers who want: science fiction, dystopian fiction, and artificial intelligence.

  • Science fiction
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Romance
  • Friendship
  • Speculative fiction
  • The Future
  • Robots

2 About Kazuo Ishiguro

Born 1954

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (Japanese: 石黒 一雄, Hepburn: Ishiguro Kazuo; ; born 8 November 1954) is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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