| Author: |
|
kazuo ishiguro
|
| Title: |
 |
An Artist of the Floating World |
| Moochable copies: |
|
No copies available |
| Recommended: |
|
| Topics: |
|
| Published in: |
|
English |
| Binding: |
|
Paperback |
| Pages: |
|
206 |
| Date: |
|
1987-1 |
| ISBN: |
|
057114716X |
| Publisher: |
|
Faber and Faber |
| Weight: |
|
182 grams |
| Size: |
|
20 x 12.5 x 1.2 centimeters |
| Previous givers: |
|
| Previous moochers: |
|
| Wishlists: |
|
| Description: |
|
Publishers description "World War II is over and Japan sets about rebuilding her shattered cities; Masuji Ono, an ageing painter, looks back over his life and assesses a career that coincided with the rise of Japanese militarism. with subtkety and control, Kazuo Ishiguro writes about art and politics, ambition and integrity, past and present". |
| Reviews: |
|
safrolistics (United Kingdom) (2007/07/04):
In An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro offers readers of the English language an authentic look at post-war Japan, "a floating world" of changing cultural behaviours, 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 nightlife 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.
|
| URL: |
|
http://bookmooch.com/057114716X |
|
|
