Klara and the Sun -- Kazuo Ishiguro [Book Review] [Spoilers After First Few Mins]

Klara would have had some rough evenings after Daylight Savings ended. Just like I did when filming this video.

Note: I changed the way I was pronouncing “Ishiguro” when recording this video because I thought I was doing it wrong before, only to then learn that I was probably closer in the first place … oops!

0:00 Intro
0:43 Recurring Ishiguro themes
2:56 Emotional weight
SPOILERS BEGIN
4:37 The Sun and religion
8:45 Continuation of a human life
13:52 The transformation
16:50 Wrapping up

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[randomguy]

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[DavoodGozli]

I was looking forward to listening to your review after reading the novel myself. And your thoughts definitely enriched my own experience. The theme of emotions, and observing emotions closely from a somewhat naive perspective, stood out to me as well. I never figured out if the religious tone in Klara’s interpretation was hard coded or was it an inference-based conclusion that was unique to her. Or maybe a mixture of both.