An artist of the floating world
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Published
New York : Putnam's, c1986.
Format
Book
ISBN
0399131191, 9780679722663, 0679722661 (pbk : Vintage Books ed.), 9780143124283, 0143124285
Physical Desc
206 pages ; 21 cm.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 11
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Published
New York : Putnam's, c1986.
Language
English
ISBN
0399131191, 9780679722663, 0679722661 (pbk : Vintage Books ed.), 9780143124283, 0143124285
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.1, 11 Points
Level 7.1, 11 Points
Notes
General Note
Publishers and publishing dates may vary. Published in 1989 by Vintage Books in a Vintage International ed. Published in 2013 by Penguin Books.
Description
"Masuji Ono saw misery in his homeland and became unwilling to spend his skills solely in the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he envisioned a strong and powerful nation of the future, and he put his painting to work in the service of the movement that led Japan into World War II. Now, as the mature Masuji Ono struggles through the spiritual wreckage of that war, his memories of the "floating world" of his youth, full of pleasure and promise, serve as an escape from, a punishment for-and a justification of-his entire life. Drifting without honor in Japan's postwar society, which indicts him for its defeat and reviles him for his aesthetics, he relives the passage through his personal history that makes him both a hero and a coward but, above all, a human being. An Artist of the Floating World is a sensual and profoundly convincingportrait of the artist as an aging man. At once a multigenerational tale and a samurai death poem written in English, it is also a saga of the clash of the old and new orders, blending classical and contemporary iconography with compassion and wit"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ishiguro, K. (1986). An artist of the floating world . Putnam's.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. 1986. An Artist of the Floating World. Putnam's.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. An Artist of the Floating World Putnam's, 1986.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo. An Artist of the Floating World Putnam's, 1986.
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