Hairless beasts hurl themselves down mossy tunnels. They stumble into Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur’s round table, “a whiskery old fool” whoĬlaims to be on his way to slay the she-dragon Querig and rid England of her amnesic curse. They climb a mountain with a poison-laden goat. They travel downriver in bobbing baskets. The novel centers around an elderly couple, Beatrice and Axl, who set out on an epic journey through war-torn lands in hopes of finding their son. Released in 2015, Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant is set in a version of England where King Arthur really existed but has long since died, and nobody is able to retain long-term memories. They fall into the hands of monks - some inexplicably kind, some evil and treacherous. From one of the most preeminent writers of our times comes The Buried Giant, an extraordinary new novel that poses powerful questions about love, loss, and mortality. They undertake the protection of a boy, bitten by ogres and set upon by fellow villagers for the contagion they suspect he carries. In the course of a desperate odyssey, they will encounter perils they cannot recall: They are guided by a Saxon warrior, who promises to protect them, but whose hatred for their race soon becomes apparent. But even a crossing of a few days can seem an eternity in that badland. Shunned, marginalized and wondering whether life might not be easier alongside their son, they decide to take off across the bog. It has been decided that their old, shaking hands could too easily start a fire. What prompts Axl and Beatrice to set out in search of their son is that their fellow villagers have strictly forbidden them to own a candle.
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