The Buried Giant
About this ebook
"You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's a journey we must go on, and no more delay..."
The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. But at least the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased. The Buried Giant begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years.
They expect to face many hazards - some strange and other - worldly - but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another.
Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge and war.
Review “Kazuo Ishiguro is an original and remarkable genius.” —The New York Times
“A master craftsman.” —Margaret Atwood, Slate
“Kazuo Ishiguro is a great novelist, maybe the best of our generation…. His best novels… stay with you long after the reading.” —André Alexis, The Globe and Mail
"A new and precise voice has emerged into English literature and a keen eye sees the world from its individual angle." —William Golding
"Kazuo Ishiguro is a great novelist, maybe the best of our generation." —Andre Alexis, The Globe and Mail
"Kazuo Ishiguro is an original and remarkable genius." —The New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the author
Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ or 石黒 一雄) is a British novelist of Japanese origin. His family moved to England in 1960. Ishiguro obtained his Bachelor's degree from University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative writing course in 1980. He became a British citizen in 1982. He now lives in London.
His first novel, A Pale View of Hills won the 1982 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. His second novel, An Artist of the Floating World won the 1986 Whitbread Prize. Ishiguro received the 1989 Man Booker prize for his third novel The Remains of the Day. His fouth novel, The Unconsoled won the 1995 Cheltenham Prize.
His novels: An Artist of the Floating World (1986), When We Were Orphans (2000), Never Let Me Go(2005) were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize