AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD NOW COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR
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 two grown daughters and his grandson, and his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.
'An exquisite novel.' Observer
'Pitch-perfect a tour de force of unreliable narration.' Guardian
'A work of spare elegance: refined, understated, economic.' Sunday Times
KAZUO ISHIGURO
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His nine works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both made into acclaimed films, have each sold over a million copies in Faber editions. He received a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan. His latest novel, Klara and the Sun, was published in 2021.
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ISHIGURO KAZUO
Kazuo Ishiguro es un escritor británico nacido en Nagasaki, Japón, en 1954, que reside en el Reino Unido desde 1960. Obtuvo su licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa y Filosofía en la Universidad de Kent y posteriormente un máster en Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Anglia del Este. Es autor de ocho novelas entre las que figuran Lo que queda del día, galardonada con el Premio Booker, Nunca me abandones y Clara y el sol, además de libros de relatos cortos y guiones cinematográficos. Su producción literaria explora temas como la memoria, el tiempo, el autoengaño y los afectos humanos. En 2017 le fue concedido el Premio Nobel de Literatura.
