Who wrote the book "Klara and the Sun"?

"Klara and the Sun" is the eighth novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British writer Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, born 8 November 1954. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan and moved to Britain in 1960.

Ishiguro is a graduate of the University of East Anglia, and is one of the most celebrated contemporary fiction authors writing in English. His first two novels, "A Pale View of Hills" and "An Artist of the Floating World", were noted for their explorations of Japanese identity and their elegiac tone.

He thereafter explored other genres, including science fiction. He won the Man Booker Prize in 1989 for his novel "The Remains of the Day", which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1993.

In 2017 the Swedish Academy awarded Ishiguro the Nobel Prize in Literature, describing him in its citation as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".

"Klara and the Sun "is a dystopian science fiction story. The novel is set in a dystopian future in the United States, where some children are genetically engineered for enhanced academic ability. Schooling is provided entirely at home by on-screen tutors, opportunities for socialization are limited and parents who can afford it often buy their children androids as companions. The book is narrated by one such Artificial Friend called Klara. Although she is exceptionally intelligent and observant, her knowledge of the world is limited.