但儿子终于背弃了父亲,执意画画。老画家和他的画家师父之间用了灯笼,石黑一雄为画家们打上了浮华的荡漾的光。书中有两段华丽的光影描写,和画家外孙之间相对简单的电灯,画家父亲之间的蜡烛不同,这时光线之变,波谲云诡,那样的光投射在思绪纠结的艺术家的身上,从视觉上来说,他们也真的是The Artists of the Floating World。
Kazuo is a genius in using dialogue to develop a story that's not even a story. It's quiet and peaceful, it's ambiguous but you can always get the right feeling.