Twelve kinds of taste
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Fiction, science fiction, general, Speculative fiction, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, dystopian
"Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, tells 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.
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Contemplative, intimate, prestige and character-led.
Ishiguro's gentlest book and maybe his saddest, told by someone who does not know what she is losing.
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The Booker winner’s brilliant eighth novel expands on his theme of what it means to be not-quite-human, exploring love and loyalty through the eyes of an android
“Klara and the Sun,” the eighth novel by the Nobel laureate, portrays a near future of sinister portent, in which artificial intelligence has encroached on every sphere of human existence.
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On Open Library, 73 have read it and 335 want to.
“Quand Rosa et moi étions neuves, on nous avait placées au milieu de la boutique, à côté de la table des magazines, ce qui nous permettait de voir la moitié de la vitrine.”
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (born 8 November 1954) is an English novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five. He is one of the most critically-acclaimed and praised contemporary fiction authors writing in English, being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its 2017 citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world". [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Ishiguro)
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16 profiled raters. Loved most by The Empaths; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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“Is this Kazuo Ishiguro's best work?”
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“Is Klara and the Sun too earnest?”
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“Is Klara and the Sun prestige bait?”
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