An Artist of the Floating World

By Kazuo Ishiguro

Subjects: Japan, fiction, Older men -- Fiction., World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Japanese Psychological fiction, Fiction, general, Conto Ingles, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Fathers and daughters, Large type books, Fiction, historical, FICTION / Literary, Fiction, historical, general, World War, 1939-1945, Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 -- Fiction., Fathers and daughters, fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war -- Fiction., Aged men, Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945, Fiction, Artists, fiction, English literature, Ficcion, Artists -- Fiction., Art and the war, Fathers and daughters -- Fiction., Historia, Padres e hijas, History, Fiction, psychological, Maler, Older men, Artists, Artistas, Ancianos

Description: 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.