We glean, from her interactions with her fellow wares, that AFs mimic being male or female, that they have names (bestowed by their manufacturer? it’s unclear) and personalities, thoughts, an interior self. When we meet her, she’s inventory in a showroom.
Klara is an Artificial Friend, a lifelike but nevertheless mechanical companion for children: amalgam of sibling, plaything, and nursemaid. This isn’t spoiler-this revelation comes early in the book. The titular narrator of Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel, is a robot.
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