An Artist of the Floating World: Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year 1986. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1986
Ishiguro, Kazuo
ISBN 10: 0571209130 ISBN 13: 9780571209132
Published by Faber & Faber, 2001
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As Japan rebuilds her cities after the calamity of World War II, the celebrated painter Masuji Ono should be enjoying a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to a life and career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism, a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.
Review: In An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro offers readers of the English language an authentic look at postwar Japan, "a floating world" of changing cultural behaviors, shifting societal patterns and troubling questions. Ishiguro, who was born in Nagasaki in 1954 but moved to England in 1960, writes the story of Masuji Ono, a bohemian artist and purveyor of the night life who became a propagandist for Japanese imperialism during the war. But the war is over. Japan lost, Ono's wife and son have been killed, and many young people blame the imperialists for leading the country to disaster. What's left for Ono? Ishiguro's treatment of this story earned a 1986 Whitbread Prize.
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Title: An Artist of the Floating World: Winner of ...
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very good