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Book Synopsis*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*
The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin.
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 other-worldly but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another.
A beautiful fable with a hard message at its core . . . There won't, I suspect, be a more important work of fiction published this year.' The Times
An exceptional novel . . . The Buried Giant does what important books do: it remains in the mind long after it has been read, refusing to leave.' New York Times Book Review
A beautiful, heartbreaking book about the duty to remember and the urge to forget.' Observer
