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An Artist of the Floating World

Ishiguro, Kazuo
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literary fiction post-war Japanese fiction past tense first POV ~265 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic reflective atmospheric

A slow-burn literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 45
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count66,253
Page count~265 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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