NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! “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?

カズオ・イシグロが本作で描くのは、ＡＩという鏡を通して照らし出される人間性の核心です。観察者クララの無垢で献身的な眼差しは、私たちのエゴや孤独、そして愛の矛盾を静かに暴き出します。彼女が太陽に祈りを捧げる姿は、合理的であるはずの機械が抱く信仰の美しさを提示し、読者の魂を激しく揺さぶるでしょう。 本作の真髄は、かけがえのない個人という概念に対する残酷で優しい問いかけにあります。愛する人を失う恐怖に対し、科学は完璧な身代わりを用意できるのか。物語が導き出す結論は、単なるＳＦの枠を超え、私たちが他者を愛するとはどういうことか、その唯一無二の輝きを鮮やかに再定義してくれます。