The Setting Sun (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Osamu Dazai
Translators:	Donald Keene
Dimensions:	213 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-3444-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-8112-3444-4
Barcode:	9780811234443

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