The Setting Sun
by:
Donald Keene (author)
Osamu Dazai (author)
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.
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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811200325 (0811200329)
Publish date: January 17th 1968
Publisher: New Directions
Pages no: 175
Edition language: Japanese
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Drama,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
I'm not sure what to say about this - I can see that it was an important book -- there are moments of lyrical beauty in it - But it is very hard to adjudge a book written in Japanese when read by an English only speaker.... On the other hand, the angst of the writer and the character -- Dazai hims...
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