Book buzz: ‘Mad Men’ writer to

Kazuo Ishiguro after being knighted at Buckingham Palace in 2019. Image: Jonathan Brady/Getty Images

Book buzz: ‘Mad Men’ writer to adapt new Kazuo Ishiguro masterpiece

Nobel Prize winner Sir Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel ‘Klara and the Sun’ will be adapted for the screen by Dahvi Waller, of ‘Mad Men’ fame.

Book buzz: ‘Mad Men’ writer to

Kazuo Ishiguro after being knighted at Buckingham Palace in 2019. Image: Jonathan Brady/Getty Images

Dahvi Waller, writer of highly acclaimed series like Mad Men and Mrs America, will work on a film adaptation of Klara and the Sun, the latest dystopian novel by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro.

The book world was eagerly awaiting a new title from the British novelist, musician and screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro, and the wait is finally over. Klara and the Sun was officially released on 3 March.

‘Klara and the Sun’ takes literary world by storm

Mad Men writer Dahvi Waller
Dahvi Waller will adapt ‘Klara and the Sun’ for the screen. Image via Twitter @DahviWaller

Klara and The Sun has fully taken the book world by storm. Despite being a brand-new release, the novel is already being described by many pundits as a masterpiece. Klara and the Sun has garnered wide acclaim and is the new book on everyone’s lips.

Kazuo Ishiguro has made a name for himself as one of the most noteworthy writers of contemporary fiction. He has won several awards for his writing, including four Man Booker Prize nominations, and won this award in 1989 for his famous novel The Remains of the Day.

Waller and Ishiguro will not be the only famous names behind this adaptation, Deadline reports. David Heyman, founder of Heyday Films and producer of modern cult classics like the Harry Potter films, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as the Paddington films, will produce the adaptation.

Kazuo Ishiguro: Luminous, lucid writing on complex subject

In Klara and The Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro’s writing shines in a dystopian novel that has at its core an intimate and realistic exploration of daily domestic life.

With his no-nonsense approach to writing, Ishiguro enchants readers with his uncanny ability to dive deep beneath the surface of words. Through striking characters and fast-paced dialogue, he captures the essence of what living and loving is like. He tells the story from the perspective of narrator Klara, an “Artificial Friend” whose only task is to prevent teenagers from being lonely.

His style appears simple, but his ability to tell a complex, detailed and heartfelt story never lost on the discerning reader.

‘Klara and the Sun’: A synopsis

Klara is an “Artificial Friend” with outstanding observational qualities. From her place in the store she carefully watches the behaviour of everyone who comes in to browse and who pass by on the busy city street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her.

Klara and the Sun is a deeply touching book that offers a look at our changing modern world through the eyes of a unique and unforgettable narrator — one that explores the question: What does it really mean to love?

More about Kazuo Ishiguro

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro was born on 8 November 1954, in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to England when he was five.

He is one of the most celebrated contemporary fiction writers in the English-speaking world. Time Magazine named Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go its novel of the year in 2005. It was included in the magazine’s list of 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.

The Swedish Academy awarded Ishiguro the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017. They described him as an author “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”.

His works have earned numerous accolades over the years, including the Booker Prize, the Whitbread Prize and as the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. He has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and was knighted in 2019 for his service to literature.