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The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro7/6/2023 They climb a mountain with a poison-laden goat. They travel downriver in bobbing baskets. They fall into the hands of monks - some inexplicably kind, some evil and treacherous. They undertake the protection of a boy, bitten by ogres and set upon by fellow villagers for the contagion they suspect he carries. In the course of a desperate odyssey, they will encounter perils they cannot recall: They are guided by a Saxon warrior, who promises to protect them, but whose hatred for their race soon becomes apparent. But even a crossing of a few days can seem an eternity in that badland. Shunned, marginalized and wondering whether life might not be easier alongside their son, they decide to take off across the bog. It has been decided that their old, shaking hands could too easily start a fire. What prompts Axl and Beatrice to set out in search of their son is that their fellow villagers have strictly forbidden them to own a candle.
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