Klara and the Sun

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Klara and the Sun is a dystopian science fiction novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that explores artificial intelligence, love, and what it means to be human through the perspective of an artificial friend.

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instanceOf dystopian novel
literary work
novel
science fiction novel
author Kazuo Ishiguro
award longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
shortlisted for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
exploresPerspective non-human narrator
exploresTopic childhood and parental expectations
ethics of artificial intelligence
genetic enhancement
featuresConcept Artificial Friend
genre dystopian fiction
science fiction
speculative fiction
hasAuthorNationality British
hasAuthorNobelPrize Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 (Kazuo Ishiguro)
hasCoverArtist Stephen Parker
hasMotif the Sun as a quasi-spiritual force
hasReviewReception generally positive critical reception
isbn 978-0-571-36048-0
978-0-593-24234-7
language English
mainCharacter Josie
Josie’s mother
Klara
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Rick
marketedAs adult fiction
mediaType audiobook
e-book
print
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Klara
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pageCount 320
protagonistRole Artificial Friend to Josie
protagonistType artificial intelligence
publicationDate 2021-03-02
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Faber and Faber
setting near-future United States
theme artificial intelligence
class and inequality
loneliness
love
technology and society
what it means to be human
yearOfPublication 2021

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Kazuo Ishiguro notableWork Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun narrator Klara
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Klara and the Sun mainCharacter Klara
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