Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun: Style 1 key example

Style
Explanation and Analysis:

Ishiguro’s mimicry of artificial sentience scaffolds much of the novel, which organizes itself around surrealist descriptions to accommodate the quirks of robotic perception. In addition to the flat, impartial prose style, Ishiguro defamiliarizes moments of everyday experience to fully reflect Klara’s sensory experience. The novel reinterprets visual stimuli in ways that force the reader to experience the world anew. A runner and dogwalker form a “large creature with numerous limbs” as they pass each other. Absent touch, Klara confuses the physical properties of grass and brick walls, noting that Rick must crash through the grass blades and absorb the “impact” with his head.