Science fiction · Literary
Klara and the Sun
Klara is a solar-powered companion robot who watches the world from a shop window until a sick teenage girl chooses her. As she tries to help her new family, she holds her own odd, devoted beliefs about the Sun.
- First published
- 2021
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like gentle, understated fiction that sees human behaviour through an outsider's eyes.
Skip this if you want plot and answers, because the world is only lightly sketched and the story is very quiet.
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