Abstract: In The Buried Giant， Kazuo Ishiguro's particular way of using the Greek ferryman myth to build the covert narrative progression is similar to Andrei Tarkovsky's use of the myth in Stalker. Reading the novel in relation to the film can help the reader uncover a covert narrative progression in Ishiguro's novel that simultaneously parallels and disestablishes the authority of the omnipresent third-person narrative in its surface progression. On the surface level， the narrative eye takes on a godly overview to record things objectively as a traditional grand narrative does. On the covert level， the narrative eye reveals a sinister stalking point of view that undermines the overt grand narrative tone and its meaning.

Key words: Kazuo Ishiguro; The Buried Giant; linkage narration; covert progression; Stalker