An Artist of the Floating World

Synopsis of An Artist of the Floating World

«An Artist of the Floating World» is the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (206 pages, in English).

In postwar Japan, the elderly painter Masuji Ono reviews his life and career as the country rebuilds. His memories, marked by the rise of Japanese militarism, explore guilt, regret, and subjective memory, matters that shape a restrained and reflective novel.

Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1986, this English edition dates from 1987.

For readers of literary and historical fiction interested in memory and postwar Japan.