{"product_id":"an-artist-of-the-floating-world-paperback","title":"An Artist of the Floating World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKazuo Ishiguro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003ewinning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, as the mature Ono struggles through the aftermath of that war, his memories of his youth and of the \"floating world\"--the nocturnal world of pleasure, entertainment, and drink--offer him both escape and redemption, even as they punish him for betraying his early promise. Indicted by society for its defeat and reviled for his past aesthetics, he relives the passage through his personal history that makes him both a hero and a coward but, above all, a human being.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an artist as an aging man, struggling through the wreckage of Japan's World War II experience. Ishiguro's first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazuo Ishiguro\u003c\/b\u003e is the 2017 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages. Both \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go \u003c\/i\u003ehave sold more than 1 million copies, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. Ishiguro's other work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Buried Giant, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNocturnes, A Pale View of the Hills, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Artist of the Floating World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Artist of the Floating World\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44303414460518,"sku":"9780679722663","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dW0wK0R0ZHhjTHlKQU5PVmRSaFJtdz09.webp?v=1767538523","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/an-artist-of-the-floating-world-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}