Plano Reads: Klara and the Sun

The Brown Bag Book Club will meet in person at Parr Library on Thursday, August 24, at noon, to discuss Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Set in a not-so-distant future, the story revolves around Klara, an Artificial Friend designed to provide companionship to lonely teenagers. The emotional depth and authenticity of Klara’s experiences and interactions make her a captivating and endearing protagonist. Readers will find themselves forming a genuine bond with this artificial character, challenging preconceived notions of what it means to feel and understand. 

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Klara and the Sun is a captivating exploration of artificial intelligence, human emotion, and the quest for connection. Kazuo Ishiguro’s elegant prose and thought-provoking storytelling create a poignant narrative that blurs the lines between machine and consciousness.  Klara and the Sun is a beautifully crafted novel that invites readers to contemplate the essence of life, love, and the boundaries of consciousness. 

“Nobelist Ishiguro returns to familiar dystopian ground with this provocative look at a disturbing near future… A haunting fable of a lonely, moribund world that is entirely too plausible.” – Kirkus Reviews

“With restrained prose and vivid language, Ishiguro replaces the tired trope of whether computers can think with a complex meditation on whether computational processing can approximate emotion.” – Library Journal

The Brown Bag Book Club will meet in person at Parr Library on Thursday, August 24, at noon, to discuss Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.