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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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      Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
      Publication Date: 11/16/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780761835998, 978-0761835998
      ISBN10: 0761835997

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      Book Synopsis
      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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