An artist of the floating world
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Putney Public Library - Fiction | FIC ISH | On Shelf |
Putney School Library | FIC ISH | On Shelf |
Reading Public Library - Fiction - Main Library | FIC ISH | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1989, c1986.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
206 pages 21 cm.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.1, 11 Points
Level 7.1, 11 Points
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In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into World War II.
Now, as the mature Ono struggles through the aftermath of that war, his memories of his youth and of the “floating world”—the nocturnal world of pleasure, entertainment, and drink—offer him both escape and redemption, even as they punish him for betraying his early promise. Indicted by society for its defeat and reviled for his past aesthetics, he relives the passage through his personal history that makes him both a hero and a coward but, above all, a human being.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ishiguro, K. (19891986). An artist of the floating world . Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. 19891986. An Artist of the Floating World. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. An Artist of the Floating World Vintage Books, 19891986.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo. An Artist of the Floating World Vintage Books, 19891986.
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