Set in a mist-shrouded post-Arthurian Britain, Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant follows elderly couple Axl and Beatrice as they journey across a war-scarred land to find their long-lost son. A mysterious "mist of forgetfulness" has blanketed the country, causing people to lose their memories—including, perhaps, those of their darkest deeds. Along the way, the couple encounters an aging Sir Gawain, a Saxon warrior named Wistan, and an orphaned boy, Edwin. Blending fantasy with profound moral inquiry, the novel explores whether painful memories of collective violence should be remembered or buried, and what forgetting ultimately means for love itself.
