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Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥: 克拉拉与太阳 (Hardcover, Chinese language, 2021, 上海译文出版社) 4 stars

克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人(AF),具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里,注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她,不过,当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时,克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。

在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中,石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角,观察千变万化的现代社会,探索了一个根本性的问题:究竟什么是爱?

Review of '克拉拉与太阳' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I enjoyed the story, the perspective and voice, the subtlety, and even the restraint from becoming clever with a plot twist, but I just didn’t enjoy it as much as Never Let Me Go. My original strong desire to sit down with it faded around the halfway mark. Still, I did finish it quicker than some novels. It’s definitely going to sit with me and I’m sure ideas from it will come up.