An Artist of the Floating World

By Kazuo Ishiguro

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

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.