The Buried Giant [B1124]

2016 PB in nice clean condition. 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "There's something so epic about this novel. It's like a beautiful blend of literary fiction with high fantasy, and I really enjoyed the result."; "Ishiguro is just IT for me. I love his stories so much."; "The ever-versatile Kazuo Ishiguro tries his hand at fantasy in The Buried Giant, his seventh novel, to great success."; "I was expecting a slow paced meditative story... turns out there's knights slaying dragons, monks you can't trust and shifting allegiances, but also, it's a slow paced meditative story. Loved it!"; "5 stars. I usually don't like fantasy, but luckily its fantasy-like setting is simply the canvas upon which Ishiguro's ideas are explored. This book contains much more depth than I understood or caught on to, but it's clear that so much is going on symbolically. Really don't know what to do with this book, other than to let it sit."