Fantasy Literary 2001

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

Published in Spanish as El gigante enterrado

The extraordinary new novel from the author of"Never Let Me Go"and the Booker Prize winning"The Remains of the Day" The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin.

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What it is

A long road where every step counts · it stays with you

What happens in it

The long road

Reading sheet

How it's told

Its world
An invented world
Style
Literary

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like fitting the pieces of a mystery together
  • you like a book that stays with you for days
  • you like a book that makes you think

Maybe not if…

  • you like to keep your feet on the ground

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