Abstract
This paper examines the role of love and loneliness in the life of children of the late 21 st century in the novel Klara and the Sun by the British Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro. It is the analysis of the relationship between the girl Josie and her Мother on one hand, and the artificial friend – the android Klara, on the other hand. The practical sides of technological progress are shown through the vision of uplifted children, but there is also a huge emotional void that Klara fills with the attempts to bring love and sunshine. The sun, thereby, both on a metaphorical and practical level, acquires a special significance because it brings with it warmth and vital energy. Using the theory of narratology, it is proven that the way of storytelling is a key element in the depiction of love and loneliness because the story is narrated by an android. It has been pointed out that the unnatural narration, a new phenomenon in this field, is the best medium for telling such a story. Although technology can be blamed for the lack of emotions, human egoism and choice to hide behind technology lead towards the world which is filled with loneliness. This paradox most clearly depicts the essentially pessimistic vision of childhood of future generations.
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