RaveNewtown Review of Books (AUS)It’s not as sinisterly dystopic (yet) as, say, the future-city in Diane Cook’s The New Wilderness (2019)...it’s just that Ishiguro keeps this content in the background. He may have built a world but he does not explicate. It’s coherent and strangely almost familiar. The book has a straightforward structure, six parts, and a compelling narrative arc ... easy to read—that’s a compliment. It will stay with you. I am still unpeeling the layers. Ishiguro’s prose is not ostentatious. What you consistently get is that voice, a submissive affect; and rewarding philosophical explorations. Klara and the Sun is of intelligent design, as much about what makes us unique as it is AI. Read it and be nourished.
Kazuo Ishiguro
PositiveThe Newton Review of Books (AUS)The book has a straightforward structure, six parts, and a compelling narrative arc ... easy to read — that’s a compliment. It will stay with you. I am still unpeeling the layers. Ishiguro’s prose is not ostentatious. What you consistently get is that voice, a submissive affect; and rewarding philosophical explorations. Klara and the Sun is of intelligent design, as much about what makes us unique as it is AI. Read it and be nourished.
