KLARA AND THE SUN: Kazuo Ishiguro

KLARA AND THE SUN

By Kazuo Ishiguro

No one writes as beautifully and thoughtfully about human nature as Kazuo Ishiguro. And despite the unusual perspective from which this story is told–our narrator Klara is an ‘artificial friend’ bought by a family as a companion to their ailing daughter– this novel could not be more human. It is an exploration of love, and of the lengths we will go to both for the ones we love and if we are honest for ourselves. What is family? What is altruism? What does it mean to be human? Ishiguro contemplates big questions in this astonishingly moving story that cements the Nobel laureates reputation as one of the finest writers of our generation. 

- Reviewed by Kat

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