![]() ![]() It is considered historical fiction on account of its basis in a past that predates the author's own experiences, and it draws from historical facts. The novel is considered as both historical fiction and global literature ( Weltliteratur). The novel also deals with the role of people in a rapidly changing political environment and with the assumption and denial of guilt. The novel ends with the narrator expressing good will for the young white-collar workers on the streets at lunchbreak. The chief conflict deals with Ono's need to accept responsibility for his past actions, rendered politically suspect in the context of post-War Japan. He notices how his once-great reputation has faltered since the war and how attitudes towards him and his paintings have changed. It is set in post- World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono, an ageing painter, who looks back on his life and how he has lived it. ![]() An Artist of the Floating World (1986) is a novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. ![]()
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