Klara and the Sun
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4.1 • 31 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
The emotionally perceptive android at the heart of this captivating story might just change the way you think about science fiction forever. Klara is an AF, or “Artificial Friend.” Purchased as a companion for a bright girl named Josie who has potentially deadly health problems, Klara grows to love her human friend—but to distrust Josie’s family. And it turns out there’s a good reason. Pulitzer Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day) has written a heartfelt, thought-provoking story that’s brilliant science fiction for people who don’t think they like science fiction. We were enthralled by the questions posed by Ishiguro’s near-future world, where technology hurts just as much as it helps. Ultimately, this story isn’t about gadgets. It’s about people—and the things they do out of both hope and fear. Klara may be a machine, but her story will renew your faith in humankind.
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.