ÇáÍÑÈ ÇáÚÇãáíÉ ÇáËÇäíÉ æÇáÑæÇíÉ ÚÈÇÑÉ Úä ßÔÝ ãÇ ßÇä íÝÚáå ãä ÎíÇäå áÇÕÏÞÇÄå æÚÇÆáÊå An Artist of the Floating World (1986) is a novel by British - Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro . It is set in post- World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono , an aging painter,