![]() The Arthurian knight Sir Gawain is an important character, and Arthur and Merlin have played an important role in the conditions of the British inhabitants as the novel opens. ![]() ![]() Ishiguro uses as the background of his novel the early historical accounts of the time period after the fall of Rome, when the Saxons were beginning to settle in the British Isles, just as it is described in such works as Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain. Ishiguro further proceeds to ask, if the attempted cancellation of difficult memories does not produce lasting peace, what then does? The novel encourages the reader to consider the idea that the redemption of memories based on the practice of the Christian faith provides the best hope for lasting peace. ![]() Ishiguro uses this setting to consider the question of whether the temporary elimination of painful memories, whether national or personal, is sufficient to repair a relationship. It is classified as a fantasy novel, but rather than a world that is purely imaginative, Ishiguro sets his story in a world that takes the early medieval accounts of Dark Ages Britain at face value. Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2016 novel The Buried Giant is a departure from his usual modern or dystopian settings and looks back in time to post-Arthurian Britain. ![]()
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