The Setting Sun
Osamu Dazai
(Author)
Donald Keene
(Translator)
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.
Product Details
Price
$24.95
$23.20
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
November 15, 2022
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.51 X 8.27 X 0.87 inches | 0.75 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780811234443
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About the Author
Osamu Dazai (1909--1948) is one of the most highly respected authors of modern Japan and is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in post-war Japanese literature. He was widely known by contemporaries for his eclectic lifestyle, inventive use of language, and his multiple suicide attempts, which led to his final, successful attempt in 1948. His two major novels, No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, continue to be widely read and leave a vibrant legacy for one of Japan's greatest writers.
Donald Keene, the author of dozens of books in both English and Japanese as well as the famed translator of Dazai, Kawabata, and Mishima, was the first non-Japanese to receive the Yomiuri Prize for Literature.
Reviews
What I despise about Dazai is that he exposes precisely those things in myself that I most want to hide.--Yukio Mishima
From the point of view of wholesome common sense, Dazai's writings may be regarded as the soliloquies of a deviant.--Yasunari Kawabata
Dazai offers something permanent and beautiful.-- "The New York Times Book Review"
From the point of view of wholesome common sense, Dazai's writings may be regarded as the soliloquies of a deviant.--Yasunari Kawabata
Dazai offers something permanent and beautiful.-- "The New York Times Book Review"
