Description
Masuji Ono, a celebrated artist in Japan in the late 1940s, is struggling to cope with the memories of his past. These memories include his time as a young artist during the rise of Japanese militarism, and the death of his wife. He begins to feel a dark shadow growing over his retirement, and he worries that he is losing his sanity. Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, which is also set in the late 1940s, is a similar story about a retired British gentleman who is struggling to cope with the memories of his past.
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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.