
Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
“Moving and beautiful…a meditation in the subtlest shades on the subject of whether our species will be able to live with everything it has created.”
Los Angeles Times
New York Times bestseller
#1 Amazon bestseller
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
A Barack Obama Reading List Pick for 2021
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Booker Prize
A Washington Post Best Book of 2021
A Time Magazine Book of the Year
A 2021 Globe and Mail (Toronto) Best Books Selection
A London Guardian Best Book of the Year
An Esquire Magazine Best Book of the Year
A Vogue Best Book of 2021
A London Times Pick of 2021's Best Books
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
Among longlisted titles for Booker Prize, 2021
Among shortlisted titles for Prometheus Award, 2022
“What stays with you in ‘Klara and the Sun’ is the haunting narrative voice—a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear.” —Booker Prize committee
Here is the story of 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?
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