Klara and the Sun
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Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'The Sun always has ways to reach us.'From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly-changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?
CONTRIBUTORS: Kazuo Ishiguro
EAN: 9780571364886
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 407 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Faber & Faber
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GENRE: FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Dystopian
WIDTH: 153 cm
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Book Themes:
Fiction: general and literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Dystopian and utopian fiction
'A master craftsman.' - Margaret Atwood'Ishiguro is a remarkable novelist.' - Neil Gaiman
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight previous works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both made into acclaimed films, have sold over a million copies each in Faber editions. He was given a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan.
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Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'The Sun always has ways to reach us.'From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly-changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?
CONTRIBUTORS: Kazuo Ishiguro
EAN: 9780571364886
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 407 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Faber & Faber
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Dystopian
WIDTH: 153 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Fiction: general and literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Dystopian and utopian fiction
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight previous works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both made into acclaimed films, have sold over a million copies each in Faber editions. He was given a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan.
