Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Paperback Published on: 03/03/2022
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Synopsis

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2022

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?

The novel tells the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, 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.

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.

  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN: 9780571364909
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Weight: 294g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm

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Klara and the Sun
Delicate, gentle and tense
I really enjoyed this book - it was written in the gentle and delicate style I associate with Ishiguro, but I was also tense through a lot of the book. Kla... READ MORE
Ishbel McFarlane
Klara and the Sun
Bizarre and full of plot holes
Yes, I am trying to read this to the end - I’m invested - but boy am I struggling to want to. With about 1/8th of the book left to go I’m wondering whether... READ MORE
Liz Burkinshaw
Klara and the Sun
A hopeful dystopian story
... And that’s not as impossible as it sounds! Set in the near future in (I think) America, this is a vivid story with a reasonably credible premise. The t... READ MORE
Jacqueline Conway
Klara and the Sun
Underwhelming
I plodded to the end of Klara and the Sun, just in case there was some nugget of decent story-telling hidden at the back - for me; there wasn’t. Lacking ... READ MORE
Ruth Jones
Klara and the Sun
Really tried hard to see what was so special about this
I am quite surprised at the fawning over this novel. It feels ver underdeveloped. The storyline goes downhill quite quickly for me and the themes sort of s... READ MORE
Helen Darbyshire
Klara and the Sun
Creative, emotional and intriguing.
I think this is my third read from Ishiguro, I thought this was creative, emotional and intriguing. If you don’t know, this book is a dystopian set in a... READ MORE
Rebecca Cain
Klara and the Sun
Favourite
My favourite author, special book.
J JJ
Klara and the Sun
A thought-provoking and engaging tale.
Klara is an android, an “Artificial Friend”, an AF. It is a world in which AFs are habitually used as companions for children, and Klara is bought by a fa... READ MORE
Ian Payton