Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro, signed first edition, 2021

A fine, as new copy in unread condition, of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun, signed by the author to the half title.

Klara and the Sun is a quietly powerful novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, exploring love, loneliness, and moral responsibility through the perspective of an Artificial Friend designed to care for a human child. Set in a subtly altered near-future, the novel examines the emotional cost of technological progress and the meaning of empathy in a world shaped by social inequality and scientific advancement. Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is known for his restrained prose and philosophical depth, and Klara and the Sun stands as one of his most reflective and accessible works, blending speculative fiction with profound human insight.

Published by Faber and Faber, 2021. First edition. This is the Independent Bookshops special edition.

Hardback with plum paper over boards and printed black title to spine. With mint blue coloured cover with pink window design, and matching page marker ribbon. Housed in protective, removable, clear plastic sleeve. Text is pristine. No stickers or owner's marks.

Text in English.

Prelims + 307pp.

Dimensions: approximately 241 mm high x 160 mm wide x 30 mm deep.

Weight approximately 654g, (unpacked).