![]() ![]() The story takes the four different times namely October 1948, April 1949, November 1949, and June 1950. Its setting revolves around post-World War II Japan. The book was published in 1986 by Faber and Faber Publisher. An Artist of the Floating World Guide SynopsisĪn Artist of the Floating World (1986) as a novel is authored by Kazuo Ishiguro, a British. Ichiro, a boy character in this novel has a cowboy obsession, which emerges from the writer’s own fascination with cowboys during his youth. Generally, the novel reflects Ishiguro’s personal feelings of Japanese heritage, and a fictional reflection of his sense of identity, as presented through a youthful reconstruction of an imagined Japan. Since Ishiguro moves out of his country in childhood and lacked connection to his country, he wrote in a globalized and international way, while exploring his own background and heritage. ![]() Ishiguro was inspired to write An Artist of the Floating World, after writing his novel A Pale View of Hills, and The Remains of the Day. ![]()
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