![]() Ishiguro is often compared with his fellow British Nobel laureate William Golding - both write allegories clothed with human stories. ‘Would I then feel… pain alongside my happiness?’ We’re in Ishville, so you can guess the answer. When Klara has been bought, she wonders what emotions she might experience if she ever meets an old AF companion again. I don’t understand yet the rules about forgiveness.’ There is no backstory explaining when the robots were invented, and no metaphors except the one shining in the title. Klara’s speaking voice, in a C3PO-ish way, is endearingly off-kilter: ‘I was instructed to ensure against hanky-panky.’ ‘I’m sorry. ![]() She is a robot, an Artificial Friend or AF, purchased as a companion for an ill teenager named Josie. ![]() ![]() Our narrator, Klara, is arranging traumatic memories into comprehensible order. The world of Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel - let’s call it Ishville - is instantly recognisable. ![]()
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