An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day
 
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into World War II.

Now, as the mature Ono struggles through the aftermath of that war, his memories of his youth and of the "floating world"--the nocturnal world of pleasure, entertainment, and drink--offer him both escape and redemption, even as they punish him for betraying his early promise. Indicted by society for its defeat and reviled for his past aesthetics, he relives the passage through his personal history that makes him both a hero and a coward but, above all, a human being.

The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro in 2017. More than 40 languages have been translated into his works. The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go have both sold over a million copies and have been made into critically acclaimed films. Nocturnes, A Pale View of the Hills, and An Artist of the Floating World are among Ishiguro's other works.

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ISBN 13	9780679722663
ISBN 10	0679722661
Title	An Artist of the Floating World
Author	Kazuo Ishiguro
Series	Vintage International
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1989-09-19
Number of pages	208
Prizes	Winner of Whitbread Book of the Year 1986, Short-listed for Booker Prize 1986, Nominated for ALA Best Books for Young Adults.
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.