For the Season 5 premiere, host Dave Pezza is joined by NovelClass co-creator, author, and host of the Writer’s Bone podcast Daniel Ford. The pair discuss Klara and the Sun by Nobel Prize laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. Published on March 2, 2021 by Faber and Faber, Klara and the Sun is narrated by the titular Klara, an artificial friend, who has been bought as a companion to Josie, a sickly teenage girl. In her new home Klara must learn as much as she can about her new friend and the dystopian world in which they live. Set in perhaps a not-so-distant future, Klara and the Sun, Ishiguro’s eighth novel, is a powerhouse of emotion and a deep probe into the complexities and shortcomings of the human condition. Fresh off his Nobel Prize in literature, Ishiguro cautiously leads his readers into a shockingly and terrifyingly recognizable world where compassion and hope can only be found in the least likely of places. Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.