![]() The Asian element in this novel proper is, first, that the author, Ishiguro, is of Japanese descent and this new novel sheds light on several of his earlier works in which he digs the depths of WWII and post-WWII Asia. And the novel follows the journey of an elderly Briton couple, Axl and Beatrice, living in caves, in catacombs of chambers called “warrens,” where a small community of Briton families gather. The Buried Giant is set in the rise of Western Civilization in Britain, in pre-historic BC time, just after the Iron Age during which the use of iron was popularized and became prevalent. ![]() Ishiguro’s earlier novels and short fiction flit between European and Japanese landscapes. The Buried Giant by the Japanese-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has been impressive in its extensive reception by reviewers in Britain and in the United States. ![]()
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