Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. 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. 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. 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. Ono spends a great while remembering his days in the tutelage of the then-famous artist, Moriyama, who was a celebrator of beauty. This saddens and irritates him but also causes him to question his past actions and reason whether he was right or wrong. 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. He is wished away by his once close associates, mostly politely. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future.
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