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ARTISTS OF THE FLOATING WORLD
CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS BETWEEN CULTURES |
| By: |
Rob Burton |
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Hardback |
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£58.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0761835989 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780761835981 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF AMERICA |
| Pub. date: |
16 April, 2007 |
| Pages: |
146 |
| Description: |
This work analyzes the fiction of four contemporary multicultural writers who render a 'floating world' in which cultures converge or collide in unexpected, exciting, and dangerous ways. |
| Synopsis: |
This work analyzes the fiction of four contemporary multicultural writers who render a "floating world" in which cultures converge or collide in unexpected, exciting, and dangerous ways. The novels and short stories of Kazuo Ishiguro, Bessie Head, Bharati Mukherjee, and Salman Rushdie explore a literal and metaphorical floating world (adapted from the Japanese concept of "ukiyo"-a still-point between briefly-held earthly pleasures and spiritual immutability) where the characters, like their authors, are poised between conflicting worlds, cultures, and traditions. The manner in which these four authors articulate such a "floating" experience, Burton argues, enriches our understanding and appreciation of the increasingly interconnected world around us. |
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US |
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University Press of America |
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