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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.

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