Book Review / Book Summary

When you sit down with a piece of literature, that you know has been produced by someone with a Nobel Prize in the field, there comes an added responsibility onto you. Being a book reviewer and avid reader for the past 15 years, I convinced myself to review the novel ‘Klara & The Son’ completely overlooking the fact that it was written by, Kazuo Ishiguor, a Japanese author who holds a Nobel Prize in literature.

The novel revolves around Klara, who is the main character as well as the narrator of the story. She is not a human being but rather an AF (or Artificial Friend), which gets its energy from the sun. She is a sort of Robot, but different in a way that it has feelings, can think, and makes decisions based upon the thoughts that come to her mind.

Klara gets purchased by the family of a girl named Josie. Josie has been suffering from a life-threatening illness. The mother of Josie expects Klara to learn all the traits of Josie so that once she passes away, Klara can fill her absence. The mother even gets a dummy of her daughter prepared to make Klara take over her place later on. The disease of Josie, who is a kid of 14 years old, is sort of hereditary and had killed her sister as well in the recent past.

Klara, however, has a firm belief that if it could perform a couple of tasks, then Josie would be fine again. She had seen in the past that the Sun had given life to a beggar and his dog after they died. She expects the same to happen for Josie. She thinks if she could dismantle a polluting machine, which according to her was making the sun angry over the pollution, the sun would grant her friend health. She creates malfunction in the machine out of some liquid which she takes out of her own body. Neither Josie nor her mother are aware of Klara’s sincerity and sacrifice. Then she requests Sun to give her little friend strength and recovery. The sun is supposed to have listened to the wish of this robot and makes Rosie healthier again.

During her stay with the family of Josie, Klara observes a lot of characters around her. Like Josie’s mother, her father, her boyfriend Rick, Mr Capaldi and many more. Each of these characters helps Klara understand the human psyche and behavior.

The passion, love, and sacrifice of Klara do not get any reward to her in the end. People move on in their lives. Klara gets abandoned and thrown to be dismantled in the yard.

Frequently Asked Questions About Klara And The Sun

What is Klara and Sun About?

Klara and Sun is about a humanoid Robot named Klara which gets its energy from the sun. She is a super-intelligent humanoid robot that gets attached to a family. She has an owner, a 14-year-old girl named Rosie. Klara helps Rosie recover from a fatal disease through the power of sun.

What are oblongs in klara and the sun?

The Klara is an intelligent humanoid Robot. She is very intelligent but her ability to see around things is through oblongs. The oblongs in the Klara and the sun are visual dimensions or squares that help Klara in looking around.

What disease does Josie have in Klara and the sun?

Josie has a fatal disease in Klara and Sun. It is a hereditary disease which had killed her sister in the recent past. However, the exact details of the disease are not given.

Will there be a Klara and the Sun movie?

No such movie has been released yet. However, the movie of the novel Klara and the Sun is planned to be made.

Klara and the sun summary?

The summary of the novel Klara and Sun is that it is the story of a humanoid Robot Klara. Klara gets purchased by a family. She helps her owner Josie recover from a fatal illness. However, in the end, she gets abandoned and her sacrifices forgotten.