Description
'The Sun always has ways to reach us.'
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.
In Klara and the Sun, his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly-changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.
In Klara and the Sun, his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly-changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?
Review
This story was just amazing.
Klara is an Artificial Friend and it is through her eyes the story is told. From her sitting in the shop window with her friend Rosa another AF and then when she is chosen by Josie to be her AF.
I loved the beginning of the book and seeing the world through the shop window with Klara. Once I began to think like her it all fell into place. I think it's a real feat to be able to convey the world through the eyes of an artificial intelligence and to do it so beautifully as the author has. It really made me think about so much we take for granted.
Once Klara is taken to live with Josie a new chapter begins for her and a sudden realisation for the reader. Is Josie's promise to keep her safe one she can believe in? I want to say more about what happens, but I think it would really spoil the discovery you would have on reading the book.
The ending is a little ambiguous. It keeps you guessing and wanting to re read to see if you think you missed something, or just take it at face value?
My thanks to borrowbox and the local library for the loan of this book.
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