Klara and the Sun
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4.1 • 32 Ratings
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- $30.99
Publisher Description
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From the bestselling and Booker Prize winning author of Never Let me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel - his first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature - that asks, what does it mean to love? A thrilling feat of world-building, a novel of exquisite tenderness and impeccable restraint, Klara and the Sun is a magnificent achievement, and an international literary event.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It should come as no surprise that the celebrated author of Never Let Me Go and The Buried Giant can find a way to weave subtle genre elements into a grounded story about the nature of humanity. Kazuo Ishiguro does exactly that—again—in Klara and the Sun, a novel about an outdated companion android who’s been assigned to a family with trauma in its recent past. As we see this family through the innocence of Klara’s eyes, we come to learn why they are suffering. Ishiguro transcends the limitations of conventional sci-fi with this soulful fable about how to appreciate what we have (and no longer have). Narrated with great tenderness by Sura Siu, this audiobook has also inspired a film adaptation directed by Taika Waititi and starring Jenna Ortega in the titular role.
Customer Reviews
Subtle, clever and deeply moving
While the early chapters of the book felt slow moving, I came to realise how the architecture of the story was being carefully and subtly constructed. It was very clever how the author enabled the reader to observe scene by scene and slowly realise the underlying truths in the narrative without directly explaining what was happening.
By halfway through I was so engaged with the various characters and wanting to know how the story would unfold and now after finishing the audiobook, I feel moved to tears.
This book is unique and wonderful, well worth the read or time to listen.
Boring, pointless, religious undertones
I felt it was quite a slow moving book and the references to the sun felt too much like religious undertones for my liking. I’d heard a lot about this book and hoped it would be interesting and insightful but honestly it’s a “pass the time” sort of read without any massive dramas, which also meant that it didn’t really have much content. I also just struggled to believe that an artificial intelligence robot would decide that the sun was a sentient being with special powers since she would be well aware that humans don’t necessarily “run on solar” like the robots do. It really didn’t make any sense and the book didn’t really have a “point” apart from perhaps “have faith everything will work out”. Josie’s character was also strangely unlikeable and snappy which is surprising because she’s meant to be someone that everyone else in the book adores. I don’t understand the hype of this book.