P. Moody
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I just want my heart to stop loving you..is that too much to ask?
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Realistically there is no chance I will have time to read, Imma still bring a book though
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And in the interest of safety, I’m just going to go ahead and make sure this is gasoline.
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“Thank you for the heartbreak. I can finally write again.” -
YOU CANNOT WATCH THIS AND TELL ME YOU’RE NOT INTO GIRLS NO IT’S IMPOSSIBLE
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The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro is a master stylist, with books that range from futuristic, sci-fi, surrealistic and post-colonial. So it is no surprise that his new novel is unlike anything he has written before. Like its predecessors, this novel concentrates on memories: their power to silence, distort, and forever haunt, with characters that are often alienated and searching. Yet the book is distinctly an adventure fable, integrating an ancient British civilization with fantasy.
The novel takes us into post-Arthurian Britain, populated with those mythic heroes, including a still-living Sir Gawain, yet there’s a twist here: A mist has fallen on Britain, forcing the isle into a collective loss of memory. Axl and Beatrice are an elderly couple who visit their adult son, of whom they have only the scantest of remembrances. During their journey, they encounter an honorable knight, a warrior on a quixotic quest, a young boy, a sinister hidden dragon, an evil monk and more, each holding a key to their quest.
At its core, The Buried Giant is a fantastical fable, an old-fashioned adventure story with thrills a-plenty. But scratch the surface and you get more. There are allusions to so many other classics: obviously, King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable, but also Orpheus and Dante’s Inferno (particularly in the character of Beatrice, the cherished soulmate), and certain childhood fables.
by guest reviewer Jill
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