Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.

A new novel from Nobel-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, exploring what it means to love, read by Lydia Wilson. Today: Klara waits patiently in the store, longing to be chosen...

From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Never Let me Go and The Remains of the Day, this is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend, who waits from her place in the store to be chosen by one of those who pass by on the street. But when it emerges that her life may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.

A novel of exquisite tenderness and restraint that asks what it means to be human, and what it means to love.

Today: Klara waits patiently in the store, hoping that a lonely child will choose her.

Writer: Kazuo Ishiguro is the Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day, and Never Let Me Go.
Reader: Lydia Wilson
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett

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