The language in this book, especially the dialogue, is highly stylized. It brings to mind not only a different time, but a different type of form altogether - at times it feels like a play, or performative storytelling. There's a disjointed dreamlike quality to the story itself, and there is a great...
George Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Kazuo Ishiguro explores that notion in his novel The Buried Giant, set medieval Britain. Axl and Beatrice are an elderly couple who decide, quite inexplicably, to visit their son who lives in a village a shor...
This latest book by Kazuo Ishiguro has the feel of another experimental departure. There is no doubt the author is a gifted writer and yet in this sojourn into the genre of fantasy and legend, his mastery of language underpins another compelling novel. It has not always been the case (I disliked 'Th...
The Buried Giant, set in post-Roman Britain, is the story of an old married couple, Axl and Beatrice, who go on a journey to find their son. They think he lives in a village a couple of days' walk away. They're not sure, because the land is cloaked in a mist of forgetting: no-one seems to be able to...
“Who knows what will come when quick-tongued men make ancient grievances rhyme with fresh desire for land and conquest?” Recently, I attended an Author talk given by David Mitchell and Kazuo Ishiguro at the Southbank Center. I’ll admit that I had no idea who Ishiguro was. I was only there for Mit...
This is a very unique, beautifully crafted book. When I first started reading the book, I thought I was going to end up as other reviewers who felt it was plodding and boring but it actually didn’t take me long to become entranced. It’s a simple story, a story of an elderly husband and wife, Axl an...
Why did I read this? What was the point of it? why was it so highly recommended? my life view hasn't changed in anyway, I'm not moved, I'm mainly just bewildered as fuck.What was the point of this book? For all intents and purposes i have almost no answers after reading this book, it was shrouded in...
One of the most surprising elements in being a book review blogger is how you can choose some books to review and how some books can choose you to review them. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro became the latter instead of the former for me. I recently heard an interesting podcast with the author...
Wow....I liked this book much much more than I expected to. Post-Arthurian England. Axl and Beatrice are an elderly couple of Christian Britons. They have been struggling with memory, and realize that everyone in their community is as well. They seem to be the only ones who notice—perhaps due to t...
After being mistreated and taunted by their fellow villagers, Axl and Beatrice, an elderly couple, decide to leave Brittany and set off on a journey to search for their son who has been gone for many years without a trace. They have no idea where he lives or what he looks like, but they are hoping, ...
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