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Artists of the Floating World: Contemporary Writings Between Cultures Paperback - 2006

by Rob Burton

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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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  • Title Artists of the Floating World: Contemporary Writings Between Cultures
  • Author Rob Burton
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 146
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of America
  • Publication date 2006-11-16
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780761835998 / 0761835997
  • Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.54 x 6.42 x 0.36 in (21.69 x 16.31 x 0.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Culture conflict in literature, Rushdie, Salman - Criticism and
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006931838
  • Dewey Decimal Code 820.935

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2007, Page 255

About the author

Rob Burton is Professor of English at California State University, Chico. He received his Ph. D. in English from Indiana University, Bloomington.

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