Klara and the Sun
By Kazuo Ishiguro
 
First edition, first impression, signed by the author to half-title. Published in 2021; the author's first novel after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (2017).
 
Octavo. Original boards, spine lettered in black; with the original mint dust jacket featuring the die-cut window design. A fine book in a fine dust jacket.
 
The mint dust jacket of the present example belongs to the Independent Bookshop Edition. The orange variant was used for the trade and Waterstones editions. All were issued simultaneously with no priority.
 
Klara and the Sun is Ishiguro's eighth novel. The novel explores artificial intelligence, memory, love, and the limits of human connection through the perspective of Klara, an “Artificial Friend,” in Ishiguro’s characteristically understated and philosophical prose.
 
Klara and the Sun was longlisted for the Booker Prize and widely praised for its elegiac tone and humanistic themes, reinforcing Ishiguro’s standing as one of the most significant novelists of his generation. Film adaptation due for release in 2026.