The Buried Giant
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The Buried Giant is a 2015 fantasy novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that explores memory, loss, and collective forgetting through the journey of an elderly couple in a mythic post-Arthurian Britain.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novel
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literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Kazuo Ishiguro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOtherWorks |
Never Let Me Go
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Remains of the Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
2015 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award
NERFINISHED
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2015 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel ⓘ 2016 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
amnesia
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myth and legend ⓘ quest ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed to positive reviews ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical fiction
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fantasy ⓘ literary fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Edwin
NERFINISHED
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Sir Gawain NERFINISHED ⓘ Wistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElement |
dragon
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mythical creatures ⓘ ogres ⓘ |
| hasISBN |
978-0-307-27103-7
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978-0-571-31413-1 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
meditative
ⓘ
slow-paced ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Axl
NERFINISHED
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Beatrice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of Arthurian legend and fantasy
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exploration of collective forgetting ⓘ |
| pageCount | 317 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
ⓘ
Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-Arthurian Britain ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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collective memory ⓘ forgetting ⓘ loss ⓘ marriage ⓘ memory ⓘ national trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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