An Artist of the Floating World (1986)[1] is a novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It is set in post-World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono, an ageing painter, who looks back on his life and how he has lived it. He notices how his once-great reputation has faltered since the war and how attitudes towards him and his paintings have changed. The chief conflict deals with Ono's need to accept responsibility for his past actions, rendered politically suspect in the context of post-War Japan. The novel ends with the narrator expressing good will for the young white-collar workers on the streets at lunchbreak. The novel also deals with the role of people in a rapidly changing political environment and with the assumption and denial of guilt.
The novel is considered as both historical fiction and global literature (Weltliteratur).[2] It is considered historical fiction on account of its basis in a past that predates the author's own experiences, and it draws from historical facts. It is also considered global literature on account of its broad international market and its theme of how the world today is interconnected.[2]
^Ishiguro, Kazuo (1986). An artist of the floating world. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571225361.
^ abErich Auerbach, Maire Said, Edward Said, Philology and “Weltliteratur, Vol. 13, No.1 (Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 1969), pp. 1-17, JSTOR
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