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Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

An artificial friend observing human life

Bestseller Critically Recognized
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Awards & Recognition

  • Bestseller

    New York Times bestseller

  • Book club selection

    Good Morning America Book Club Pick

    Selected as a Good Morning America Book Club pick.

  • Critical praise

    Praised by The Associated Press

    The Associated Press describes the novel as an intriguing take on artificial intelligence and a poignant meditat...

AlbakiReads Editorial

An artificial friend observing human life

Klara, an Artificial Friend waiting to be chosen in a store, studies customers and passersby with close attention. Her observations frame a novel about how people behave around power, status, and fear, alongside questions of love and loneliness. The book’s speculative premise places artificial intelligence within an everyday human setting, using Klara’s position as both observer and hopeful participant to examine what it means to love.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fiction about artificial intelligence and its place in human life
  • Those drawn to novels exploring love, loneliness, power, status, and fear

Themes

Artificial intelligenceObservation and human behaviorLove and lonelinessPower, status, and fear

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Book overview

NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLER - Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is "an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness" (The Associated Press). - AGOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick!

"What stays with you in 'Klara and the Sun' is the haunting narrative voice--a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear." --Booker Prize committee

Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?
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