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The Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro (1900)

Subgenre

Age groupAdult 18+

Content ratingPG-13

Pages368 (Standard (250-400))

SettingHistorical

CSM age14

Goodreads3.59/5 (124362)

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Content levels

ViolenceModerate

Sexual contentNone

LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Memory Loss Grief Death Violence War

Positive tags

Quest Heartwarming Slow Burn Healing Arc

Hero archetypes

Older Hero (Age Gap)Quest Hero

Heroine archetypes

Older Heroine (Age Gap)

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / Partners Quest Protagonists

Tropes

Quest Lost Civilization Memory Magic Mentor Figure Dragon Companion Found Family Reluctant Hero Medieval European Soft Magic System

Themes

Memory and Forgetting Love and Marriage The Past and Present Collective vs Personal Memory Aging Reconciliation National Trauma Hope

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 FantasyArthurianPost-WarAllegorical