Book Discussion: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

In anticipation of the release of the motion picture adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun, Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum invites you to revisit this timely masterpiece in an in-person discussion led by Folio librarian Lillian Dabney.

Meet Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior 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?

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight previous works of fiction have earned him many honors around…