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The Setting Sun

The Setting Sun

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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… [more below]

  • Series: New Directions Book
  • Author: Dazai, Osamu
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Page Count: 174
  • Publish Date: January 17 1968
  • ISBN10: 0811200329
  • Language: English
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By: Osamu Dazai

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.

Author: Osamu Dazai
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 01/17/1968
Series: New Directions Book
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.20w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9780811200325
Language: English

Author

Dazai, Osamu
Binding

ISBN10

0811200329
ISBN13

9780811200325
Page Count

174
Published Date

January 17, 1968
Series

New Directions Book
Language

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