In a novel by this author, a woman recounts following her daughter into an alleyway where they witnessed a woman smiling with her drowned baby. A character recounts feeding a colleague’s carp in a novel by this author featuring the recurring “Bridge of Hesitation.” He’s not Tanizaki, but Etsuko describes a summer friendship with Sachiko in this author’s debut novel, A Pale (15[1])View of Hills. A post-World War II novel by this author describes students meeting at Mrs. Kawakami’s bar with (15[1])the (*) painter Masuji Ono. The protagonist of one of this author’s novels defends his employer against Nazi sympathizer allegations for hosting Herr Ribbentrop. That novel by this author describes a motoring trip suggested by Mr. Farraday for the butler Stevens. For 10 points, name this Japanese-British author of An Artist of the Floating World and The Remains of the Day. ■END■