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Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro (2022)

SubgenreFantasy

Age groupAdult 18+

Content ratingPG-13

Pages (Standard (250-400))

Setting

CSM age13

Goodreads3.25/5 (4)

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Content levels

ViolenceModerate

Sexual contentNone

LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Memory Loss Grief Violence Death

Positive tags

Quest Hopeful Ending Hurt/Comfort Redemption Arc

Hero archetypes

Quest-Driven Elder

Heroine archetypes

Quest-Driven Elder

Protagonist archetypes

Tropes

Quest Lost Civilization Mentor Figure Fellowship Amnesia Medieval European

Themes

Memory and Forgetting Love and Marriage Quest for Redemption Mythic Past Aging and Mortality National Trauma Reconciliation

Synopsis

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.

Tags

Literary FantasyArthurian LegendHistorical FantasyPhilosophical