Klara and the Sun, the new novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, is available. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year. 1948: Japan is rebuilding its cities after the devastation of the Second World War, its people looking to the future. The renowned painter Masuji Ono spends his days tending to his garden, his two grown-up daughters, and his grandson, while his evenings are spent drinking with old friends in quiet lantern-lit bars. His life should be calm. But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and career deeply affected by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to encroach upon his tranquility. 'A remarkable novel.' Observer. 'Masterful. A tour de force of unreliable narration.' Guardian. 'A work of delicate elegance: refined, measured, economical.' Sunday Times.

Pages: 272, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm