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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University Press of America
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Artists of the Floating World: Contemporary Writings between Cultures