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    Audiobook11 hours

    The Buried Giant

    Written by Kazuo Ishiguro

    Narrated by David Horovitch

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    The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. But at last 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 otherworldly—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 and war.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFaber & Faber
    Release dateJun 1, 2015
    ISBN9780571332984
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    The Buried Giant
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    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Kazuo Ishiguro nació en Nagasaki en 1954, pero se trasladó a Inglaterra en 1960. Es autor de ocho novelas –Pálida luz en las colinas (Premio Winifred Holtby), Un artista del mundo flotante (Premio Whitbread), Los restos del día (Premio Booker), Los inconsolables (Premio Cheltenham), Cuando fuimos huérfanos, Nunca me abandones (Premio Novela Europea Casino de Santiago), El gigante enterrado y Klara y el Sol– y un libro de relatos –Nocturnos–, obras extraordinarias que Anagrama ha publicado en castellano. En 2017 fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura.

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    • 5/5

      Review 4.5⭐
      This book was a giant metaphor, and I was here for it!
      At first, I read it as any other fantasy, but then things started to seem a bit sketchy, going deeper and deeper into the similar. I was wondering all along "could he mean...?" "there's no way" aaaand yes way. He is a genius, and I was an unworthy recipient, this novel was so convoluted for me I had to watch a video when I was 60% into the book by the author, affirming that "yes, he meant it as a metaphor" and adding more and more layers and explaining more metaphors I didn't get from the get go.

      Why not 5?
      If I hadn't watch the analysis video I wouldn't have continued the book, these informations weren't mentioned in my E copy, and I believe they should have been.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book deserves every bit of praise it received. Although the pace is slow, it is filled with suspense and anticipation. At no point point did I wish to leave the journey Ishiguro took me on. It is a powerful read that challenges memory and the ghosts it harbours.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A gentle, beautifully written story. Please, do read it.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Beautifully written and thought provoking - Ishiguro’s mastery of story telling and language is once again at the fore in the unraveling of the tale in this compelling book.

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    • 5/5
      A compelling meditation on memory and forgetting. Highly recommended. A great writer, and beautifully narrated.

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    • 5/5
      Sehr gut. Dieses Buch ist spannend und empfehlenswert fur alles
    • 5/5
      Such a great story. A bit purplexed by the ending, as it leaves it quite open. I must admit, it wasn't the story I expected.
    • 4/5
      The storyteller did an amazing job with the narrations, with many voices given a special tinge so as to identify them according to their characters and their personalities. While the content of the book feels a little slow, which it is; the story teller made it interesting by carrying the tones through the conversations.

      The book in itself, as mentioned is a little slow paced. But rest assured, it pulls you in gently, to see where the world can move for a couple afflicted by hazy memories in a time gone by; to look for a prize far beyond their reach. Their world moves around them, but its not pausing just because they exist, but rather gain insights into how the politics and wars had afflicted those around them.

      Recommended for those who can savor flavor; and not just greedily gulp down the contents.
    • 5/5
      A wonderful tale of love and forgetting. Of how the absence of memories creates its own fiction. And of how that fiction may be the one you might choose given the choice. Thank you for these hours of pure delight.
    • 5/5
      Gripping story, very well told. I very much enjoyed it.
    • 5/5
      There ought to have been more stars available for rating!
    • 4/5
      I absolutely love Kazuo Ishiguro's writing style! He speaks volumes on various topics and leaves it to the readers interpretation.

      This book to me was not fantasy, rather the mythical creatures were symbolical of death, illness, fear, ignorance, recollection.

      In this story there was an agreement between the Britons and Saxons that harm will not come to their communities of women and children, but after years of being upheld, King Arthur allowed the Briton soldiers to plunder the Saxon communities and then had Merlin cast a mist over the lands so that everyone will forget what happened and instead of the Saxons seeking revenge, everyone will live in harmony. But once the mist is gone, what happens with society?

      So many societies are torn apart by conflicts and wars, sometimes the war ends, and people are living in harmony but then something/ someone stirs up animosity again and it starts anew. No one wants to live in a perpetual cycle of war but if we are to bury the past and pretend it never happened, who is to be held accountable for the loss of lives? Should there be no consequences for those attempting or successfully carrying out genocide?

      The two lead characters in this book, Beatrice and Axl, shows the loss of memory from an individual perspective. Everyone in the country is suffering memory loss, they have no choice in the matter, but this couple wants to recall their past, knowing it would be the good as well as the bad memories. They are an old married couple who would have suffered their share of problems in their marriage. They know in their hearts that they love each other, but they have snippets of memory that still evokes some anger. Would the love they know is there hold them together if they could remember the details, of a time when they were hurt by the other, or would they instead feel resentment towards each other.
    • 5/5
      Really beautiful story that moves the heart with love and
    • 4/5
      It's not as i expected but it's an enjoyable journey.
    • 4/5
      I went for this book, weary about the critical response it had received when it was first issued. I’m glad I did. Rather than canceling each other out, the literary and genre qualities enlighten each other and strengthen the core ideas.

      Sometimes a bit more editing would have served the book, at least in the audio version. But that did not lessen my enjoyment.

      My only displeasure was with Mr. Horovitch, the reader. I know he is an accomplished actor - but is it really necessary to “perform” the book? I prefer when a book is read, not acted out - or, as on occasion here, hammed up. Getting swept up in his interpretations of these characters more than I like to - leaving no room for my own discernment. Especially the sighing, heavy breathing and such was annoying.

      But let this not stop you from listening to this excellent hybrid of fantasy, historical fiction and literary fiction.
    • 5/5
      Awesome classic Ishiguro style but in a whole new fantasy context. Really gripping after the first few chapters. Thoroughly recommended. Maybe his best?
    • 5/5
      Beautifully written story where mythology, history and fantasy are but the same
    • 5/5
      The perfect book. My favorite of all time thats it