The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro, 317 pages.

Axl and Beatrice, an elderly couple in the humblest of villages in the post-Arthurian land of the Britons, have almost nothing left. They have their shared love and they have vague memories of their son, but they don't have much status in their village, and they have a vague sense that it is finally time to visit their long lost son.
They and their Saxon neighbors live in a mist that brings on forgetfulness. No one remembers the horrible things that have happened to them personally or to their land. As Axl and Beatrice continue their journey with Wistan, a Saxon warrior, and a wounded boy, Edwin, they come closer and closer to uncovering some of the truth about the mist, the history of their region, and their own pasts. When they encounter Sir Gawain (Arthur's nephew), and Querig the dragon, Axl begins to suspect that some things are best left forgotten.
Ishiguro's worlds often seem odd and off kilter, The Buried Giant is especially so.
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