Klara, an Artificial Friend, spends her days in a store watching people who come in to browse and those passing on the street. She hopes a customer will choose her; when the prospect of a lasting change in her circumstances arises, she is cautioned against placing too much trust in human promises.

An observer’s question about love

Told through Klara’s perspective, Klara and the Sun turns her careful attention to people into a way of considering what it means to love. Kazuo Ishiguro frames the novel around that question and uses Klara’s view of a changing world to bring human connection into focus.