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Title: AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £6.66


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ISBN 10: 0571249345
ISBN 13: 9780571249343
Publisher: FABER & FABER
Pub. date: 8 January, 2009
Pages: 208
Description: It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson; his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars.
Synopsis: It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson; 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 career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity. If you enjoyed An Artist of the Floating World, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Returns: Non-returnable
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