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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The Buried Giant

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro  317 pp.

Ishiguro does not write just your everyday story. This novel is hard to describe and totally unlike the other novels of his that I've read. It takes place in the darkest times of the Middle Ages as Britain is in decline, wars are plentiful, and Arthur is dead. Axl and Beatrice are an elderly couple suffering from their age and the strange mist that seems to impede everyone's memory. They set off on a quest to find the son they have not seen in years. Along the way they encounter knights, including an aged Sir Gawain of the late King Arthur's round table, warriors, monks, ogres, a dragon, misery, treachery, and danger. Throughout the journey they remained devotedly attached to each other despite the hardships and the memories that come and go. I'm not sure what I think about this one but it's worth reading.