Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World
London, Faber and Faber, 1987. Cloth. A smart early edition of this post-Second World War novel set in Japan, from Kazuo Ishiguro. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. This hardback published the same year as the first paperback edition. States "This paperback edition first published in 1987" to the edition page. First published 1986. Set in post-Second World War Japan, this novel follows Masuji Ono, an ageing painter, as he looks back on his life noting the change in his reputation since the war. The novel was named the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Written by Kazuo Ishiguro, a Japanese-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer considered one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors of the English language. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2017. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. pages are very bright and clean. A red ink mark to the front endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke Books
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GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 70.75 US$ 80.37 | JP¥ 11456]
Keywords: Artist Floating World Ishiguro Floating None