
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration...

The Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Kazuo Ishiguro From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with...


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"Due to the misery in his homeland, artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he used his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into World War II. These days, Ono struggles through the aftermath...



It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson,...


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Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature author is an English-Japanese writer. He wrote about the soul of a painter serving the Japanese army in the post-war period. When faced with wounded national pride, the humiliation of losing the battle was humiliating. The mood of the artist...