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Name: The setting sun
Rating: 4.375 (8 reviews)
Author: Osamu Dazai

First published by New Directions in 1956, Osamu Dazai’s novel chronicles a nation in social and moral crisis during the early postwar era. It explores the destructive effects of war and the shift from a feudal system to an industrial society. The central character, Kazuko, a young aristocrat, deliberately abandons her social class, embodying the anomie that permeates modern Japanese life. Dazai’s work has become a lasting cultural touchstone, with the phrase “people of the setting sun” entering the Japanese language.

First publish date: 1956

Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction

Authors: Osamu Dazai

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