Klara and the sun /
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
Klara and the sun / Kazuo Ishiguro. - First edition. - 303 pages ; 25 cm - The Good Morning America book club . - Good Morning America book club .
Book club information from jacket.
"From her place in the store that sells artificial friends, Klara--an artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities--watches carefully the behavior 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 forever, Klara she is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In this luminous tale, Klara and the Sun, Nobel Prize winner 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?"-- Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, is designed to be a playmate for real children. From her place in the store she watches the behavior of those who come in to browse, and those who pass on the street outside. In conversations with the other AI and the Manager, she remains hopeful she will be chosen. When a possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book
9780593318171 059331817X
2020015327
Robots--Fiction
Artificial intelligence--Fiction
Romance fiction
Science fiction
Love stories
Romance fiction
PR6059.S5 / K57 2021
823/.914
Klara and the sun / Kazuo Ishiguro. - First edition. - 303 pages ; 25 cm - The Good Morning America book club . - Good Morning America book club .
Book club information from jacket.
"From her place in the store that sells artificial friends, Klara--an artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities--watches carefully the behavior 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 forever, Klara she is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In this luminous tale, Klara and the Sun, Nobel Prize winner 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?"-- Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, is designed to be a playmate for real children. From her place in the store she watches the behavior of those who come in to browse, and those who pass on the street outside. In conversations with the other AI and the Manager, she remains hopeful she will be chosen. When a possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book
9780593318171 059331817X
2020015327
Robots--Fiction
Artificial intelligence--Fiction
Romance fiction
Science fiction
Love stories
Romance fiction
PR6059.S5 / K57 2021
823/.914