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"An Artist of the Floating World", Kazuo Ishiguro

June 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on "An Artist of the Floating World", Kazuo Ishiguro · Asian, English, Japanese, Literature, Under-Rated

Synopsis: An aging painter contemplates his life as an artist of the ‘floating world’ (‘Ukiyo‘) of Tokyo’s pleasure seeking districts and struggles to come to terms with his place in post-war Japan.  Sometimes hindsight doesn’t come with 20/20 vision. My Take: As you may have guessed by now, I have a real peccadillo for Japanese […]

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