Klara and the Sun

DETAILS : 

• Author :  Kazuo Ishiguro
  
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Faber & Faber
  
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 3 March 2022
  
• Edition ‏ : ‎ Main
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 057136490X 
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780571364909
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 350 g

ABOUT THE BOOK 

Klara and the Sun is a hauntingly beautiful work of speculative fiction and the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro after receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story is narrated by Klara, an "Artificial Friend" (AF) with exceptional observational qualities, who waits in a store window to be chosen by a human companion. Eventually, she is purchased for Josie, a brilliant but frail teenage girl suffering from a mysterious illness.

The novel explores the nature of the human heart through the eyes of an outsider. Klara’s unique, quasi-religious relationship with the Sun—whom she views as a sentient, benevolent deity capable of "special nourishment"—forms the emotional core of the book. It raises profound questions: Can an AI truly love? Is there something "uniquely human" that cannot be replicated by data?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954) is a British novelist of Japanese origin and one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. He is a master of the "unreliable narrator" and is known for his restrained, precise prose that carries immense emotional weight.

His works often blend genres—Never Let Me Go touched on dystopian sci-fi, while The Remains of the Day was a classic historical drama. In Klara and the Sun, he continues his exploration of memory, duty, and the ethics of technology. In 2017, the Swedish Academy awarded him the Nobel Prize, noting that his novels uncover "the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."