Why people recommend it
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is a dystopian novel narrated by an artificial intelligence companion observing the shifting human world. On The Ezra Klein Show, Maggie Haberman recommended the book when asked for reading suggestions. On No Stupid Questions, Angela Duckworth recommended the novel to her co-host Mike as homework, noting that it was written by Kazuo Ishiguro and published in March 2021 just before the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence, and mentioning that Bob Cialdini had originally recommended it to her. Staff members on The Book Review frequently discussed the novel as well; Lauren Christensen shared it as a personal favorite and later compared Gabrielle Zevin's storytelling to it, Elizabeth Harris stated that she read and absolutely loved the book, Pamela Paul discussed the title with Christensen, and other contributors praised the narrative strength and thematic depth of Ishiguro's writing throughout various episodes.
Who recommended it
- Gilbert Cruz Discussed
- Angela Duckworth Recommended
- Rika Jones Discussed
- Lauren Christensen Recommended
- Maggie Haberman Recommended
- Elizabeth Harris Recommended
- Pamela Paul Recommended
- Rita Ora Recommended
- Dan Pfeiffer Recommended
- Jon Favreau Recommended
Gilbert Cruz — 5 mentions
“Rika Jones will join us to talk about Clara and the Sun the new novel by the Nobel prize winning author”
“Clara in Clara and the sun might be a kind of exception right”
“and I think people are going to kind of automatically think of Clara and the sun in the context of how it relates to and and and differs from never let me go”
“and with the case of the artificial friend you also come to wonder well how human is she how human can Clara be”
“where does Clara and the sun fit in for you among ishiguro's eight novels”
Angela Duckworth — 3 mentions
“I think Mike as we close out this fascinating question from Vivien I want to ask you whether you have read a book called Clara and the son”
“I think, Mike, as we close out this fascinating question from Vivien, I want to ask you whether you have read a book called Clara and the Sun. I have not!”
“It's written by Kazuo Ishiguro; it's his eighth novel, and he published it in March 2021. So this is before the universe shifted under our feet.”
Rika Jones — 3 mentions
“and of course it's highlighted in a novel like Clara and the sun where technology is very much at the Forefront of people's minds”
“I mean we've been talking all about technology and everything and and Clara is the narrator of this book but the other thing in the title is the Sun and and so so this is a little simple maybe”
“but I I loved reading Clara and the sun”
Lauren Christensen — 2 mentions
“so when I picked up Clara and the sun his latest book and found out it was about a robot I was just a little bit worried about which side I would end up on”
“and I'll kind of spare all the details but I think I just basically love this book for a lot of the same reasons that I loved a very different story but Kazo ishiguro Clara and the sun I think these are two writers who are just pure storytellers”
Maggie Haberman — 1 mention
“K's way it's the best bio complete bio I've read about her”
Elizabeth Harris — 1 mention
“I read Kaz suar Clara and the Sun and I absolutely loved it I love that book was so good so good”
Pamela Paul — 1 mention
“what you think is Clara and the Sun by Kazo ishiguro”
Rita Ora — 1 mention
“and Clara in the sun which is another great book about this kid who has an AI robot and it sort of like becomes really human-like it's really interesting”
Dan Pfeiffer — 1 mention
“clar in the sun you go dan you go first”
Jon Favreau — 1 mention
“CL the sun John the sun what is it CL in the sun it's by uh uh isuru who's my favorite author”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“and then I read a novel over Christmas called the berry giant by ishiguro who is one of my favorite authors he wrote remains of the day he wrote never let me go and those are two of my absolute favorite books in the world and very giant is a controversial book from him I think a lot of people”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Empire of Pain
- Never Let Me Go
- No One Is Talking About This
- Razorblade Tears
- The Buried Giant
- The Magician
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and she reviewed Kazo shuro Clara and the Sun for the book review this week”