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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Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Artist of the Floating World: Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year 1986. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1986
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571209130
• ISBN 13: 9780571209132
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good

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Synopsis

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.