This episode, Maureen Kincaid Speller (@maureenkspeller) and I conclude our discussion (part 1) of The Buried Giant, beginning with the figure of the boatman, and maintaining a focus on the personal relationships.

Our discussion covers the tussle between the personal and the political, anachronisms and the construction of a composite pre-Norman Britain, and moves to the conclusion of the novel as Axl and Beatrice meet the boatman who will carry them across the river.

Critical Reactions

Ishiguro in The New York Times
Ursula Le Guin on "A re They Going to Say It Is Fantasy" (and an Addendum)
Laura Miller - "A strange hybrid of genre and realism"
Tom Holland in The Guardian
Strange Horizons Book Club
John Clute on The Buried Giant

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Music - Jazzy Ashes by The Underscore Orkestra

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This week, Maureen Kincaid Speller and I discuss The Buried Giant, our own responses & critical reactions, and the creation of national myths. (part 2 is here)

Critical Reactions