The Setting Sun (New Directions Book)
Dazai, Osamu
ISBN 10: 0811200329 ISBN 13: 9780811200325
Published by New Directions, 1968
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Synopsis:
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. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his book has made "people of the setting sun" a permanent part of the Japanese language, and his heroine, Kazuko, a young aristocrat who deliberately abandons her class, a symbol of the anomie which pervades so much of the modern world.
About the Author:
Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) was a 20th century Japanese novelist.
Donald Keene is a distinguished translator of Japanese.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Setting Sun (New Directions Book)
Publisher: New Directions
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good