
Klara and the Sun
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Sura Siu
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By:
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Long-listed, Booker Prize, 2021
Short-listed, Prometheus Award, 2022
New York Times best seller
Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures...a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press).
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
“What stays with you in Klara and the Sun is the haunting narrative voice - a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear.” (Booker Prize committee)
Here is 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?
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick • ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF BILL GATES'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Time, NPR, Washington Post, Vogue, USA Today, Town & Country, The Guardian, Vulture, and more
“One of the most affecting and profound novels Ishiguro has written….I'll go for broke and call Klara and the Sun a masterpiece that will make you think about life, mortality, the saving grace of love: in short, the all of it.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR
“A delicate, haunting story, steeped in sorrow and hope.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
“What stays with you in ‘Klara and the Sun’ is the haunting narrative voice—a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear.”—Booker Prize committee
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For Star Trek fans it reminded me of an episode when the question of whether or not Data was a sentient being was at issue.
The novel is ripe with situations exploring what makes us human and when we fall short of expectations we can see in our short fallings the sadness that creates arguments, insensitivities, prejudices as well as incredible loneliness .
Very interesting read
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Not what I expected
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he knows well. It is deep and funny and sometimes sly. The name
Melania was not an accident nor was the foul cootings machine
which blocked the sun. I loved this book
E.L.
Amazing !
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Simple Sci-Fi
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Stellar
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Wonderful
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But narrator was awful - she has an unpleasant lilt to her diction which doesn’t change as the story and characters change.
Thought provoking story
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Brilliant, Intelligent, Moving
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Futuristic children’s tale for adults
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A unique book
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