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Stéphanie asked this question about Klara and the Sun:
Anyone already finished & want to discuss the ending?
Andrew I took it as deliberately ambiguous. With Klara’s deteriorating perception - seeing Manager, but noticing a limp that seemed remarkably like Josie’s -…moreI took it as deliberately ambiguous. With Klara’s deteriorating perception - seeing Manager, but noticing a limp that seemed remarkably like Josie’s - we get to decide if it was Manager or Josie that found Klara at the Yard.

I like the idea of it being old Josie tracking down her long lost best friend. It spoke to the story’s earlier sentiment that although people can grow apart, they’ll still always be together, and they found each other again after many years just like the Raincoat Man and Coffee Cup Lady did.

At first it was sad to think where Klara ended up (I took the “Yard” to be a junkyard) but the more I think about it, the fact that she’s blissfully ignorant of this, and gets to spend her time reliving happy memories in the warmth of the sun without any regrets, was actually a pretty sweet way to end it. (less)
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Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
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