The Buried Giant
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory. In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And, because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him. As they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share. By turns savage, suspenseful, and intensely moving, The Buried Giant is a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory.
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This story reads like an epic of olde. A little hard to follow, but incredibly satisfying in the end. I'd seriously recommend this if you like fairy tales.
I listened to an interview with Kazuo Ishiguro on the Adam Buxton podcast and this made me want I read some of his books. The Buried Giant is unlike anything I have read before. It was beautiful and thought-provoking with layers of sadness and social commentary. Yes, there are ogres and pixies and dragons, but as people have already commented, this is not really a tale of fantasy. It is a tale of people and the human condition. Ishiguro’s writing style reminded me a little of Ken Follett and I liked it a lot. The ending was especially powerful and emotive.
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