The present paper is an exploration of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant where Modern and Postmodern experiences are intertwined with mythical and legendary sensibilities to produce an indecisive déjà vu for the reader. It is a land of socio-cultural and political idealism that does not exist anymore. With myths and legends, readers are waded back to a distant land where history fades into fantasy. The paper's objectives also include examining 'narratology' in an extended periphery of signification where Modern and Postmodern essences are narrated behind the veil of a simple story telling pattern. Set on such a land where history fades into fantasy Ishiguro's narrative has a mysterious 'mist' of forgetfulness creating fragmented memories and perplexities among the dwellers.

Ishiguro's novel is a voyage back to a time when the Romans were leaving the British island and the Saxons were invading on the remaining relics of the preceding civilization. Based loosely upon the Arthurian legend the novel moves swiftly between love, loyalty, faith and longing for life. Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of a decade, The Buried Giant, published in 2015, is a 'quest' of an elderly couple, the two Britons, Axl and Beatrice.

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