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It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson, and his... read more
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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.
Characters/People edit
- Masuji Ono: Retired artist and protagonist of the novel.
- Setsuko: Masuji Ono's elder daughter.
- Noriko: Masuji Ono's younger daughter
- Kenji: Masuji Ono's deceased son
- Ichiro: Setsuk's son
- Matsuda: Add a description of this character.
- Shintaro
- Sensei
- Mr Kuroda
- Mrs Kawakami
- Taro Saito
- Suichi
- Sasaki
- Akira Sugimura
- Mr Naguchi
- Mitsuo
- Master Takeda
- Arakawa
- Mr Kyo
- Hirayama
- Tortoise
- Jiro Miyake
- Sachiko
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
If on a sunny day you climb the steep path leading up from the little wooden bridge still referred to around here as 'the Bridge of Hesitation', you will not have to walk far before the roof of my house becomes visible between the tops of two gingko trees.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 230 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Lost Language of Cranes, and followed by Extinction.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kazuo Ishiguro (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 0-571-20913-0
Page Count: 206
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 0-571-20913-0
Page Count: 206
Awards edit
- Whitbread Book Award (1986: Novel)
- Whitbread Book of the Year (1986)
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 1986, Shortlisted)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 828'.914
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