An artist of the floating world
(Book)
Author
Published
, 1986.
ISBN
9780143124283, 0143124285
Lexile measure
1060L
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Blue Island Public Library - Stacks | FIC ISH | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | FICTION ISHIGURO, K. | On Shelf |
Elmwood Park Public Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION ISHIGURO, K. | On Shelf |
St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC ISHIGURO | On Shelf |
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Published
, 1986.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780143124283, 0143124285
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.1, 11 Points
Level 7.1, 11 Points
Lexile measure
1060
Notes
General Note
"First published by G. P. Putnam's Sons 1986"--T.p. verso.
General Note
"This hardcover edition published in Penguin Books 2013"--T.p. verso.
Description
" From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers-featuring cover art by Jessica Hische. It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series launches with six perennial favorites to give as elegant gifts, or to showcase on your own shelves. I is for Ishiguro. 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 convincing portrait 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 .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. 1986. An Artist of the Floating World. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. An Artist of the Floating World , 1986.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ishiguro, Kazuo. An Artist of the Floating World 1986.
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