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Klara and the Sun A novel

Kazuo Ishiguro

NEW YORK TIMES

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It was described as a beautiful, easy read by a favourite author of one of the speakers.

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Clara and the Sun. It's by Ishiguro, who's my favorite author. Okay. Beautiful story. It's an easy read. Great.

— Episode: PSA Presents: The Pundies.

Episode: PSA Presents: The Pundies.

It was described as a beautiful, easy read by a favourite author of one of the speakers.

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Clara and the Sun. It's by Ishiguro, who's my favorite author. Okay. Beautiful story. It's an easy read. Great.

Episode: PSA Presents: The Pundies.

It was recommended as a beautiful and easy read by a guest on the show, being one of the speaker's favourite authors.

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Clara and the Sun. It's by Ishiguro, who's my favorite author.

It's an easy read.

The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra Klein highlighted it as a scififlavoured fiction that explores what it means to serve and be served and what it means to be human.

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So the first book is Clara and the Son, which is a fiction book. It's sort of a scifi fiction book. But I think it's really about what it means to serve and be served and what it means to be human.

— Episode: Welcome to the ‘Take This Job and Shove...

Episode: Welcome to the ‘Take This Job and Shove It’ Econom...

Ezra Klein highlighted it as a scififlavoured fiction that explores what it means to serve and be served and what it means to be human.

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So the first book is Clara and the Son, which is a fiction book. It's sort of a scifi fiction book. But I think it's really about what it means to serve and be served and what it means to be human.

Episode: Michael Lewis Is Asking the Right Question

The host recommended Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Klara and the Sun, describing it as unpretentious prose that is beautiful and hard to put down.

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The first one I'm not quite finished, but it's unbelievable. Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun. I finished it recently and I won't ruin anything, but it won't shock you to know it has an emotional ending. He's so generous as a writer and it's not fancy pants.

No Stupid Questions

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No Stupid Questions

It was recommended by a psychologist; the book follows the perspective of an empathic robot, Clara, who interacts mostly with humans, and sometimes with her fellow robots. It was considered eerily prescient of current events, especially considering it was published in 2021.

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So I wonder, I mean, I actually see a lot of benefit to what you're talking about and I see a lot of value there.

— Episode: 208. Can A.I. Companions Replace Human C...

Episode: 208. Can A.I. Companions Replace Human Connection?

It was recommended by a psychologist; the book follows the perspective of an empathic robot, Clara, who interacts mostly with humans, and sometimes with her fellow robots. It was considered eerily prescient of current events, especially considering it was published in 2021.

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So I wonder, I mean, I actually see a lot of benefit to what you're talking about and I see a lot of value there.

I have not

Clara and the Sun is a book that I was recommended by a human. And that human is Bob Chaldeany, the psychologist.

It is beautiful. It is not written by an engineer. It is not written by Chachi Bt. It's written by Kizuo Ishiguro. It's his eighth novel. And he published it in March 2021.

So this is before the universe shifted under our feet.

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