The Buried Giant

Thank you very much to The Guardian for reminding me of that.

Um, and that was the announcement of The Buried Giant.

Mm.

So it was the first, that was his first since Never Let Me Go at the time.

You feel, you feel pride that other people are taking it on and, and bringing their own artistic, uh, vision to it, and so on.

So for me, it seems a bit pointless that, that I try and adapt it myself, you know? I, I want somebody really interesting, like Taika Waititi or, or, you know, Guillermo del Toro, who's adapting another one of my books, um, uh, Buried Giant, at the moment.

You know, you want, you want-

That's exciting

If The Winter King breaks the myth down into its violent historical bones, the next novel on our journey takes the Arthurian legend and transforms it into an ethereal, deeply literary meditation on trauma.

We are talking about The Buried Giant.

This entry carries an immense literary weight.

Uh, The Buried Giant was penned by Kazuo Ishiguro, a titan of modern literature.

He reportedly spent a decade meticulously crafting this novel.

A whole decade.

They expect defined magic systems, clear heroic arcs, and propulsive pacing.

Ishiguro completely subverts those expectations.

Now we're going to have Clara and the Sun, which comes out next month.

And Guillermo del Toro is making an animated version of The Buried Giant.

So what are your anticipation levels like, LaRushka?

Well, they're both really interesting choices of director, aren't they? Because you think of Kazuyo Ishiguro as very, you know, restrained and internalised.