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SUMMARY:Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with Souvankham Thammavongsa
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the magnificent new novel from Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro–author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. \n“The Sun always has ways to reach us.” \nKazuo Ishiguro will be in conversation with 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa. \nHow to attend: Purchase a copy of Klara and the Sun from independent bookstore Massy Books to receive your exclusive entry to the event!\nPurchase here: https://bit.ly/39ZbAqs \n*First ten customers to place an order will receive a copy signed by the author!* \nFrom her place in the store\, Klara\, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities\, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse\, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her\, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever\, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.\nIn Klara and the Sun\, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love? \nAbout the Speakers\nKAZUO ISHIGURO was born in Nagasaki\, Japan\, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight previous works of fiction have earned him many honors around the world\, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages\, and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go\, both made into acclaimed films\, have each sold more than 2 million copies. He was given a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun\, Gold and Silver Star from Japan. \nSOUVANKHAM THAMMAVONGSA is the author of four acclaimed poetry books\, and the short story collection HOW TO PRONOUNCE KNIFE\, winner of the 2020 Scotiabank Giller prize\, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, a New York Times Editors’ Choice\, a TIME 100 Must-Read Books of 2020\, out now with McClelland & Stewart (Canada)\, Little\, Brown (U.S.)\, and Bloomsbury (U.K.). Her stories have won an O. Henry Award and appeared in Harper’s Magazine\, The Paris Review\, The Atlantic\, Granta\, and NOON. Thammavongsa is a judge for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize. She was born in the Lao refugee camp in Nong Khai\, Thailand and was raised and educated in Toronto.
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