An Artist of the Floating World
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October 1948 April 1949 November 1949 June 1950
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All Themes Memory, Self-Perception, and Self-Deception The Relevance of the Artist Family Reputation, Family Secrets, and Familial Loss Intergenerational Conflict City, Nation, History
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All Characters Masuji Ono Noriko Setsuko Suichi Ichiro Dr. Saito Jiro Miyake Kuroda Shintaro Mrs. Kawakami Akira Sugimura Chishu Matsuda Seiji Moriyama, Mori-san Yasunari Nakahara, the Tortoise Miss Sugimora President of Kimura Company
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An Artist of the Floating World

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Kazuo Ishiguro
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