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An Artist of the Floating World

byKazuo Ishiguro

Who is this book for? Readers interested in literary fiction that explores complex themes of memory and identity.

Topics IdentityMemory and the PastSurvivalGuilt
MoodReflective, Melancholic
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1948: Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his two grown daughters and his grandson, and his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.

Language

en

Published on

01/01/2009

Pages

208

Format

eBook

ISBN

9780571249343

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