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An Artist of the Floating World
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An Artist of the Floating World

Written by Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrated by David Case

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It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson; his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past – to a life and career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism – a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.

If you enjoyed An Artist of the Floating World, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherFaber & Faber
Release dateSep 18, 2014
ISBN9780571322992
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An Artist of the Floating World
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Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro nació en Nagasaki en 1954, pero se trasladó a Inglaterra en 1960. Es autor de ocho novelas –Pálida luz en las colinas (Premio Winifred Holtby), Un artista del mundo flotante (Premio Whitbread), Los restos del día (Premio Booker), Los inconsolables (Premio Cheltenham), Cuando fuimos huérfanos, Nunca me abandones (Premio Novela Europea Casino de Santiago), El gigante enterrado y Klara y el Sol– y un libro de relatos –Nocturnos–, obras extraordinarias que Anagrama ha publicado en castellano. En 2017 fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura.

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  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Is this book can be read not by audeo only.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A great book depicting a japanese artist. The characters are very lively and well written. The voice acting is good, so that it eases decerning which of the characters are talking. I liked the way how the story progressed - just like an elder is telling you a story.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Interesting and makes think afterwards what it all did mean. Is it a simple story about old Japanese man who while interacting with his two daughters are thrown into memories. He was a painter during a war he made some patriotic art and was popular for that in art world. However war was lost and old ways had to change. Some even made that clear by making suicide (seppuku). At the end this man takes all the responsibility but maybe he was following what he thought was right and almost no one do judge him anymore.

    One thing that was perplexing me was the the old mans memories which may or may not been the exact ones. Or can they be trusted?

    Anyhow in the end it was wonderful story. Thank you, Kazuo Ishiguro?