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Author Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

Title An artist of the floating world / Kazuo Ishiguro
Published London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1986

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 W'PONDS  820.914 I7967 A6/A  AVAILABLE
Description 206 pages ; 23 cm
regular print
Summary 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
Analysis Fiction in English Japanese writers, 1947- - Texts
Fiction in English. Japanese writers,. 1947- - Texts
Notes Winner -- Whitbread Book of the Year -- 1986
Man Booker Prize, 1986, shortlist
Subject Older men -- Japan -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Artists -- Japan -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Japan -- Fiction.
Older men -- Fiction.
Painters -- Japan -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war -- Fiction.
SUBJECT Japan -- History -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069511 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069508 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
Genre/Form Fiction.
LC no. 86214424
ISBN 0571136087
057114716X (paperback)