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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Lydia Wilson reads the final part of the new novel from Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro.

Klara, an Artificial Friend, waits from her place in the store to be chosen by one of those who pass by on the street. But when a lonely teenager chooses her, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.

Today: Klara's pleas to the Sun seem to have yielded results. But what of Klara's future now that Josie is growing older?

Reader: Lydia Wilson
Writer: Kazuo Ishiguro
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett Show less

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