THE BURIED GIANT

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro is a fantasy novel set in a mythical, post-Arthurian England where a strange mist causes amnesia, forcing an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, to journey across a war-torn land to find their son. As they travel with a Saxon warrior and his orphan charge, they begin to remember their shared, troubled past. The book explores themes of memory, love, and the cost of peace, examining whether forgetting the past is a necessary evil to prevent future conflict. It is described as a fable with a powerful and emotional core, blending adventure with philosophical questions about individual and collective memory.