Klara and the Sun: The Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go comes Klara and the Sun, a tender and provocative novel that peers into the heart of what it means to love. Set in a near-future world, the story unfolds through the eyes of Klara, an Artificial Friend with extraordinary powers of observation, who waits patiently in a store for someone to choose her. When her chance finally arrives, Klara steps into a family's fragile life, bringing her unique perception to their hidden sorrows. This literary coming-of-age tale marries Ishiguro's signature elegance with speculative fiction, offering a meditation on connection, sacrifice, and the invisible ties that bind us.

Klara and the Sun soared to the top of the Sunday Times bestseller lists and was named a Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year, cementing its place as a modern literary classic. Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and featured on Barack Obama's summer reading list, the novel continues Ishiguro's exploration of memory, identity, and the human condition through the captivating innocence of an artificial consciousness. For fans of literary fiction and thought-provoking science fiction, this is a story that lingers long after the final page - a flawless, devastating, and ultimately beautiful testament to the power of love in a rapidly changing world.