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Kazuo Ishiguro: An Artist of the Floating World (Paperback, 2013, Faber & Faber) 4 stars

It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, …

A subtle and beautiful portrait of post-World War II Japan, viewed through the eyes of an unreliable narrator. It examines the way the people who supported the totalitarian society (and informed on their friends and neighbors) dealt with their guilt (or lack thereof) and social ostracism.