6/23/2023 0 Comments Klara and the sun kazuo ishiguroWe learn about the world through Klara’s eyes, a perspective full of wonder, distinctly non-human observations, a world where the “Sun” is an all-powerful being: a normal enough perspective for a solar-powered android. Ishiguro’s genius is evident in his precise work of writing Klara’s developing world view as she observes the activities in the store and everything she sees outside the window. Klara’s world begins in the “Store,” where she is on display every day, sometimes in the much-coveted “Window.” As more advanced AF models arrive, she is increasingly placed at the rear of the store. Klara’s unique perspective draws us into her world: a near-future dystopia where children are “lifted” (genetically modified) in order to succeed, and those who aren’t are marginalized with little hope of a future. The narrator is Klara, a human-like android known as an Artificial Friend or “AF,” explicitly designed to be a companion for a human child. Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel since his Nobel Prize (2017) explores the nature of human love and the ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
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