Ivor_Apantion wants to read Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …
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Student of English Literature with an interest in Old English / French, Middle English and Classical literature ... and then a bunch of contemporary stuff for fun :p
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From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …


**2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
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I'll try and keep this short, Gaiman as an author creates some of the most intricate and beautiful characters I have seen, particularly those of monsters. In this text Gaiman successfully conveys the terror of a monster from a child's perspective, while also tackling questions regarding memory and the different perceptions of the world from adult's perspectives versus children's. While I know some people struggle with magical realism as a mode or genre, I still would give this text a chance as it is truly a gem and so powerful.
I'll try and keep this short, Gaiman as an author creates some of the most intricate and beautiful characters I have seen, particularly those of monsters. In this text Gaiman successfully conveys the terror of a monster from a child's perspective, while also tackling questions regarding memory and the different perceptions of the world from adult's perspectives versus children's. While I know some people struggle with magical realism as a mode or genre, I still would give this text a chance as it is truly a gem and so powerful.

A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long …

Jane Austen, John Mullan: Sense and Sensibility (2019, Oxford University Press)
When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which …

The first edition of the novel (1813).
Introductory materials and revised and expanded footnotes by Donald Gray and Mary …
