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Search ArticlesDua’s List: The World’s Best Bookshops To Get Lost In
Is there anywhere better to lose track of time than in a bookshop? Whether it’s the curation of books on the shelves, the grandeur of the space or the joy of having nowhere else to be, the best bookshops make you want to linger in the aisles and browse with no agenda. Few know their way around the world’s best indie bookshops like our founder, Dua Lipa, who has made a habit of seeking them out wherever she finds herself.
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70 Years, Three Adaptations, One Novel: What Retellings Of ‘East Of Eden’ Can Teach Us
John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel East Of Eden asks a lot of questions. The just-released Netflix adaptation drives them home, leaving us to reflect on family dynamics, and if who we are is rooted in where we come from. In this series of essays, we’re exploring the answers – and what we can learn from the lives played out onscreen. Note: this article contains spoilers.
Would You Want An AI As A Friend – Or A Lover?
In Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel Klara And The Sun, an ‘artificial friend’ is tasked with caring for a sick and lonely teenager. With millions now embracing ‘companion AI’, it might not be that far from reality. Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara And The Sun paints an unsettling portrait of the near future. The book, published in 2021, is narrated by Klara, an AF, or ‘artificial friend’ – a new kind of robot that exists in a blurry space between toy, pet and household appliance.
7 Authors Explore Their Favourite Ishiguro Novel
It’s been over three decades since Kazuo Ishiguro released his debut novel, A Pale View Of Hills. Since then the Nagasaki-born British author has established himself as one of the most vital voices of a generation, with subsequent works scooping awards including the Booker Prize for The Remains Of The Day and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017.
Friend Or Foe: The Enduring Influence Of Technology On Film & Fiction
In his 2021 novel Klara And The Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro poses the question of whether it is possible to develop a true relationship with an Artificial Intelligence – a question that writers and filmmakers have explored for over a century. The word ‘robot’ was first used in RUR, a 1920 Czech play by Karel Čapek in which artificial workers mount a rebellion that causes the extinction of humanity.
Dua & Kazuo Ishiguro Discuss His 2021 Novel ‘Klara And The Sun’
This month, Dua is joined by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro to discuss Klara And The Sun, her October Monthly Read for the Service95 Book Club podcast. Taika Waititi’s film adaptation arrives in cinemas this month, which makes this a timely moment to return to Ishiguro’s speculative novel about the ethical costs of technological advancements, loneliness, hope and what really makes us human.
5 Books That Inspired Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara And The Sun’
Over a decorated writing career spanning four decades, Kazuo Ishiguro has established a writing style that’s unmistakably his own. His 2021 novel Klara And The Sun embodies this with a minimalism and precision that underpins a profound, deeply moving examination of the human condition that reveals itself gradually over time. The book, centred around the friendship between a sick teenager and her AI companion, has been chosen by Dua as her Monthly Read for the Service95 Book Club this October.
Are We Destined To Follow The People Who Raised Us?
John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel East Of Eden asks a lot of questions. The just-released Netflix adaptation drives them home, leaving us to reflect on family dynamics and if who we are is rooted in where we come from. In this series of essays, we’re exploring the answers – and what we can learn from the lives played out onscreen. Note: this article contains spoilers. Epigenetics isn’t a term that’s been officially associated with John Steinbeck. But perhaps it should.
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Playlist To Soundtrack ‘Klara & The Sun’
For Kazuo Ishiguro, music was one of the ways he imagined the emotional world of Klara And The Sun. The novel follows Klara, an Artificial Friend whose observations of human love, loneliness and loss gradually reshape her understanding of the world around her. For this playlist, Ishiguro has brought together songs that trace Klara’s journey, from her early sense of wonder and her discovery of a world beyond the shop window to love, fear, faith and, ultimately, acceptance.