An Artist of the Floating World (Penguin Drop Caps)

An Artist of the Floating World (Penguin Drop Caps)

The Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Kazuo Ishiguro

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcoversâ‚¬"featuring cover art by Jessica Hische

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I is for Ishiguro.Â Masuji Ono saw misery in his homeland and became unwilling to spend his skills solely in the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he envisioned a strong and powerful nation of the future, and he put his painting to work in the service of the movement that led Japan into World War II. Now, as the mature Masuji Ono struggles through the spiritual wreckage of that war, his memories of the â‚¬Å“floating worldâ‚¬Â of his youth, full of pleasure and promise, serve as an escape from, a punishment forâ‚¬"and a justification ofâ‚¬"his entire life. Drifting without honor in Japanâ‚¬s postwar society, which indicts him for its defeat and reviles him for his aesthetics, he relives the passage through his personal history that makes him both a hero and a coward but, above all, a human being.Â An Artist of the Floating World is a sensual and profoundly convincing portrait of the artist as an aging man. At once a multigenerational tale and a samurai death poem written in English, it is also a saga of the clash of the old and new orders, blending classical and contemporary iconography with compassion and wit.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 36833503
Color Celadon/Pale green
ReleaseDate 2013-05-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143124283

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	36833503
Color	Celadon/Pale green
ReleaseDate	2013-05-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143124283

An Artist of the Floating World (Penguin Drop Caps)

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