![]() ![]() But its meaning grows.Īn aspiring artist, young Ono began as a hack artist, then became the star pupil in a school of bohemian artists who enjoyed and celebrated bars and sake, hostesses and lantern light. The ''floating world'' of the title is the Japanese term for night life in the pleasure districts. His second novel, ''An Artist of the Floating World,'' is the kind that stretches the reader's awareness, teaching him to read more perceptively.Īs the retired gentleman Masuji Ono chats with the reader, the words are simple, but where is the reality? Postwar Japan is a world of shifting values, of behavior complicated by polite formalities, of undeserved pride or unnecessary humility, of memories that swell to smug importance or disappear to suit convenience. Good writers abound - good novelists are very rare. IT is not unusual to find new novels by good writers, novels with precise wording, witty phrases, solid characterizations, scenes that engage. AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD By Kazuo Ishiguro. ![]()
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