Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro audiobook review – a ghost in the machine

Narrator Sura Siu brings a childike innocence to Ishiguro’s exploration of what it means to be human

In this Booker-nominated fable, a robot stands in a shop window waiting for a human family to claim her. Klara is an Artificial Friend, or AF, who runs on solar power and has been created as a companion for lonely children – her role is part sibling, part childminder. Klara has a rare aptitude among AFs for observing human emotions, and learns to …

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