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A review by shimmery
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
4.0
Set a long time ago in the mythical world of Arthur's knights, this is a story of an elderly couple who set off on a journey through a mist of forgetfulness to find their son. That's not me trying to be poetic, there actually is a mist that makes the characters forget things that happened even earlier the same day.
Beautiful, poetic, lullaby of a book on the surface; under it is a tale that asks deep questions of love, memory and forgiveness. I found it all the more remarkable having read Never Let Me Go because it is so different from that story. It's rare to find a writer who can write such separate books. Usually I am put off reading work by authors I've read before because I feel you are in some way getting the same story, but having seen that's not the case with Ishiguro I will look for more of his books.
Beautiful, poetic, lullaby of a book on the surface; under it is a tale that asks deep questions of love, memory and forgiveness. I found it all the more remarkable having read Never Let Me Go because it is so different from that story. It's rare to find a writer who can write such separate books. Usually I am put off reading work by authors I've read before because I feel you are in some way getting the same story, but having seen that's not the case with Ishiguro I will look for more of his books.