TY - BOOK AU - Ishiguro, Kazuo TI - Klara and the sun SN - 9780571364886 U1 - Fiction ISH-K PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury House KW - Fiction KW - Romantic Fiction KW - Robots KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Romance fiction KW - Love KW - Paid companions (Household employees) KW - Friendship KW - Future, The N1 - From her place in the store that sells artificial friends, 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 forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watch carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love? ER -