• Fromthewindowofthestoreinwhichsheis

  forsale,Klaralearnsabouttheworldoutside,and

  watchesthesunwhichshealwaysreferstoas

  "he"andtreatsasalivingentity.Asa

  solar-poweredAF,thesunsnourishmentisofgreatimportance

  toher.Ononeoccasionshenoticesthata

  beggarandhisdogarenotintheirusual

  position;theyarelyinglikediscardedbagsanddo

  notmoveallday.ItisobvioustoKlara

  thattheyhavedied,andsheissurprisedthe

  nextmorningtoseethattheyarelivingand

  thatthesunhaswithhisgreatkindnesssaved

  themwithaspecialkindofnourishment.
  Klara and the Sun
• TheRemainsoftheDayisa1989novelby

  theNobelPrize-winningBritishauthorKazuoIshiguro.Theprotagonist,

  Stevens,isabutlerwithalongrecordof

  serviceatDarlingtonHall,astatelyhomenearOxford,

  England.In1956,hetakesaroadtripto

  visitaformercolleague,andreminiscesabouteventsat

  DarlingtonHallinthe1920sand1930s.Butlurking

  inhismemoryaredoubtsaboutthetruenature

  ofLordDarlingtons"greatness,"andmuchgraverdoubtsabout

  thenatureofhisownlife.
  The Remains of the Day