Kazuo Ishiguro

The Buried Giant

£75

Illustrated By Jana Heidersdorf

Introduced By Daniel Kehlmann

Uncover a spectacular piece of fantasy literature from Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. The Folio edition of The Buried Giant is illustrated by Jana Heidersdorf and introduced by Daniel Kehlmann.

The Buried Giant

£75
Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingBound in printed and blocked cloth
Printed and blocked slipcase
Gold metallic printed endpapers
Dimensions9 inches x 6¼ inches
FontSet in Arno with Sabbath Black display
Pages320 pages
AuthorKazuo Ishiguro
Illustrated ByJana Heidersdorf
Illustration4 mono part-title illustrations
Frontispiece plus 6 full-page colour illustrations, including one double-page spread
Publication Date10/10/2023
Editor's Notes
 
Nobel-prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro demonstrates his ability to craft a powerful story in any genre with this poignant fantasy fable about love, loss and the fragility of forgiveness. Inspired by Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the rich imagery of Arthurian legend, Ishiguro weaves together myriad influences from across the literary spectrum, from Beowulf to Don Quixote to Tolkien, to create something entirely unique – a tale soaked in myth that asks questions about war, memory and justice that have never been more pertinent. Fully illustrated for the first time with seven colour illustrations and four black-and-white images by artist Jana Heidersdorf, this unmissable Folio edition also features an introduction by writer and playwright Daniel Kehlmann.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Jana Heidersdorf

Jana Heidersdorf is a Berlin-based fantasy and horror illustrator. Her ethereal, nature-inspired compositions can be primarily found on and in books, comics and the internet, and her clients include Little Brown Young Readers, Del Rey Books, Sourcebooks and DC Comics. She combines traditional techniques such as pencil with digital media; her work is characterised by its dark fairytale sensibility and a penchant for moody texture.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Jana Heidersdorf

Jana Heidersdorf is a Berlin-based fantasy and horror illustrator. Her ethereal, nature-inspired compositions can be primarily found on and in books, comics and the internet, and her clients include Little Brown Young Readers, Del Rey Books, Sourcebooks and DC Comics. She combines traditional techniques such as pencil with digital media; her work is characterised by its dark fairytale sensibility and a penchant for moody texture.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Jana Heidersdorf

Jana Heidersdorf is a Berlin-based fantasy and horror illustrator. Her ethereal, nature-inspired compositions can be primarily found on and in books, comics and the internet, and her clients include Little Brown Young Readers, Del Rey Books, Sourcebooks and DC Comics. She combines traditional techniques such as pencil with digital media; her work is characterised by its dark fairytale sensibility and a penchant for moody texture.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Jana Heidersdorf

Jana Heidersdorf is a Berlin-based fantasy and horror illustrator. Her ethereal, nature-inspired compositions can be primarily found on and in books, comics and the internet, and her clients include Little Brown Young Readers, Del Rey Books, Sourcebooks and DC Comics. She combines traditional techniques such as pencil with digital media; her work is characterised by its dark fairytale sensibility and a penchant for moody texture.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Jana Heidersdorf

Jana Heidersdorf is a Berlin-based fantasy and horror illustrator. Her ethereal, nature-inspired compositions can be primarily found on and in books, comics and the internet, and her clients include Little Brown Young Readers, Del Rey Books, Sourcebooks and DC Comics. She combines traditional techniques such as pencil with digital media; her work is characterised by its dark fairytale sensibility and a penchant for moody texture.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Jana Heidersdorf

Jana Heidersdorf is a Berlin-based fantasy and horror illustrator. Her ethereal, nature-inspired compositions can be primarily found on and in books, comics and the internet, and her clients include Little Brown Young Readers, Del Rey Books, Sourcebooks and DC Comics. She combines traditional techniques such as pencil with digital media; her work is characterised by its dark fairytale sensibility and a penchant for moody texture.

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Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki and moved to Britain as a small child. Having studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia, he quickly established himself as one of the major writers of his generation, being listed by Granta among the best young British novelists in 1983. After two early novels, both with Japanese settings or characters, he won the Booker Prize for The Remains of the Day in 1989. His later work has often drawn on science fiction ideas and historical settings; in total four novels have been nominated for the Booker. In 2017 Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and in 2023 his screenplay for the film Living was nominated for an Academy Award.

Daniel Kehlmann is a novelist, playwright and screenwriter, born in Munich and raised in Vienna. He now lives in Berlin and New York City, where he teaches at NYU. His novels include Measuring the World and Tyll; all have been extraordinary bestsellers in Germany, and have won many prizes. Tyll was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020 and is being adapted for TV by Netflix.