An Artist of the Floating World

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It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson, and 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 a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism -a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780571283873
Published: February 2013

Number of pages: 272
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 16 mm

Publisher: Faber & Faber