The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro · b. 1954 · England / Japan
Why it matters
An elderly couple sets out across a post-Arthurian Britain blanketed in a mist that erases memory, ogres and a dragon included. Ishiguro's amnesia device scaled up to a whole nation: what a people must forget to stop killing each other.
At a glance
speculative fictionphilosophical novel
Difficulty 5/10slow pace317 pagesDeliberately archaic, folkloric prose and an allegorical fantasy frame ask for patience.
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