The Buried Giant

Paperback, 345 pages

Published Dec. 24, 2015 by Faber & Faber Limited, Faber, Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-571-31504-8
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OCLC Number:
888025393

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The Buried Giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years.

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Review from blog post here: daariga.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/the-buried-giant/

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of the best things to do is to read a book without knowing anything about it or its author. So, was the case with The Buried Giant. The story turns out to be set in a fictional period after King Arthur, in an England of knights, ogres and dragons. There is an old couple, who, like the couple in Up, have an impossibly pure love for each other. A strange malaise of forgetfulness has afflicted the lands for many years and this couple finally gather courage to set out on a journey to meet their long estranged son. These are the travelers who keep us company through the pages, as they face grave dangers and become embroiled in a knight’s quest to kill a she-dragon that has been harassing the country.

The actual tale though is wrapped in layers of mystery. …

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