![]() After the war, however, he and others who supported the government are criticized for the sufferings that people suffered and continued to suffer for some time after the war. He supports the government, so much so that he turns his best pupil into the police. ![]() Before the war, he is very much in favour of Japanese imperialism. And, like other key Ishiguro characters, Ono is a survivor. ![]() Ono and most of the other characters, like other Ishiguro characters, show the reserve for which both the English and Japanese are known. ![]() Indeed, the story starts with how the hero (if that is the right word), Masuji Ono, purchases a house from two sisters who are more concerned with the quality of the purchaser than the money they receive and who then continue to take an interest in the house long after they have sold it. And, of course, as it is Ishiguro, it is about memory. ![]() It’s only his second work but here is a writer clearly in control of his medium, facing the perennial question of the responsibility of the artist and his role in the political events of the day. Home » England » Kazuo Ishiguro » An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro: An Artist of the Floating World ![]()
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