Like his other novels, deceptively laconic prose with astonishing depth. The central character, Klara, is a very advanced android working hard to approximate human feeling. Ishiguro's artistic achievement is really astonishing: a character who is by definition flat that nevertheless engages your emotions. Klara's journey is ultimately tr…
Like his other novels, deceptively laconic prose with astonishing depth. The central character, Klara, is a very advanced android working hard to approximate human feeling. Ishiguro's artistic achievement is really astonishing: a character who is by definition flat that nevertheless engages your emotions. Klara's journey is ultimately tragic because she cannot exceed her built-in limitations, and her lifespan is short. But her limitations highlight what it means to be human.
Like his other novels, deceptively laconic prose with astonishing depth. The central character, Klara, is a very advanced android working hard to approximate human feeling. Ishiguro's artistic achievement is really astonishing: a character who is by definition flat that nevertheless engages your emotions. Klara's journey is ultimately tragic because she cannot exceed her built-in limitations, and her lifespan is short. But her limitations highlight what it means to be human.