Record Number |
762294 |
ISBN |
9780571283873 (paperback) |
Author |
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954- author. |
Title |
An artist of the floating world / Kazuo Ishiguro. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Faber and Faber, 2013. |
©1986 |
Pagination etc. |
206 pages ; 20 cm. |
Contents note |
Originally published: 1986. |
Summary Note |
It is 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 should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories return to the past and a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war -- Fiction |
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction |
Older men -- Fiction |
Artists -- Fiction |
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 -- Fiction |
Psychological fiction. |
Historical fiction. |
Shelf Location |
F ISHI |