Description
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, The Setting Sun probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. The influence of Osamu Dazai's novel 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.
Information
Author: Dazai Osamu
Publication date: November 15, 2022
Manufacturer: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, English novels, Fiction in english, Classic literature in english
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 176
ISBN/EAN: 9780811234443