Title: Klara and the Sun
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Genre: Science Fiction
Klara is an AF (Artificial Friend) waiting in a store front to be purchased, so she can be a child's companion. She depends on the sun for nourishment (recharging) and sees it as a godlike figure. When Klara is purchased by a sick child named Josie, she has the opportunity to observe and learn what it is to be human. Klara’s job is to be a good AF to Josie, but she must also navigate the people in Josie’s life and the parts they play.
Klara and the Sun takes place in the future but how far in the future is up for debate. Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro leaves many questions unanswered but gives a bittersweet story that seems all too plausible.
- Beth
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