The Setting Sun - Softcover

Dazai, Osamu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784350834 ISBN 13: 9781784350833

Publisher: JiaHu Books, 2014

Synopsis

The Setting Sun is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. It was published in 1947 and is set in Japan after World War II. Principal characters are Kazuko, her brother Naoji, and their elderly mother. The story shows a family in decline and crisis, like many other families during this period of transition between traditional Japan and a more advanced, industrial society. Many families needed to leave their old lives behind and start anew. Throughout the story, mostly through the character Naoji, the author brings up a number of social and philosophical problems of that time period.

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Review

Written with beauty, refinement, and force: a work of unmistakable distinction...

From the Back Cover

This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956. Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society.

Edition details

• Publisher: JiaHu Books
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN 10: 1784350834
• ISBN 13: 9781784350833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158