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Lotus Book Club (Zoom)

"Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Book discussion on the first Wednesday of every month hosted by Calvert Library Southern Branch and Lotus Kitchen, via Zoom. This month's book discussion is "Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Please register to receive an email link to the discussion. The event begins at 6:30pm, but you may log in as early as 6:00pm to chat. Registration closes at 6pm the day before the event.

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?

Review: An Amazon Best Book of March 2021: When he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize, the committee noted how Ishiguro “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.” In this beautiful novel, Ishiguro presents an “Artificial Friend,” a robot girl with artificial intelligence designed as a playmate for real children. It is a simultaneously heartbreaking and heart-mending story about the abyss we may never cross. — Chris Schluep, Amazon Book Review

Place a hold on Klara and the Sun or stop into the Calvert Library Southern Branch for a copy.  

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