Livre broché, 384 pages
Langue : French
Publié 19 août 2021 par GALLIMARD.
"Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, tells 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?
In its award citation in 2017, the Nobel committee described Ishiguro's books as "novels of great emotional force" and said he has "uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.""
L'humanité a été transformée par la technologie : désormais, les adolescents ne …
"Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, tells 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?
In its award citation in 2017, the Nobel committee described Ishiguro's books as "novels of great emotional force" and said he has "uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.""
L'humanité a été transformée par la technologie : désormais, les adolescents ne vont plus à l'école et grandissent avec leurs Amis Artificiels. Ces robots de pointe sont conçus pour les instruire, les distraire et veiller sur eux. Dans la vitrine du magasin, Klara, une AA particulièrement intelligente, attend avec impatience d'être choisie. Elle observe les passants et rêve d'éprouver comme eux de la joie, de la peur, de l'amour.Bientôt, l'occasion de découvrir le monde se présente : elle est achetée par Josie, une adolescente atteinte d'une mystérieuse maladie. Mais en pénétrant l'intimité de sa nouvelle famille, Klara ne se doute pas qu'elle va devenir le témoin de troublants secrets. "Un chef-d’œuvre qui nous appelle à regarder la beauté et la fragilité de notre humanité" Michel Schneider, Le Point "Visionnaire, subtil, merveilleux." Frédérique Le Teurnier, France Bleu Prix Nobel de littérature 2017
An easy and enjoyable read despite some illogical parts. I like the idea of exploring such human concepts as love and loneliness through an artificially intelligent robot.
What even was this? A parable? A fairy tale? An allegory? Was it about religion? About artificial intelligence and how it can spawn its own superstition? This seemed to me a huge amount of world-building and excruciating detail just to say‚ what?
I love everything I've ever read by Kazuo Ishiguro. His prose isn't filled with vocab words and doesn't ever even feel anything but mundane, and yet somehow, every single line is poetry. This book did not disappoint. Lovely, loving, heart-rending... and also exploring the very real potential futures of artificial intelligence, machine learning, friendship, and disposability.
