The Setting Sun
Author: Osamu Dazai
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- : $24.95 AUD
- : 9780811200325
- : New Directions Publishing Corporation
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- : 01 January 2010
- : 203mm X 132mm X 15mm
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Description
Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society.
Reviews
"Written with beauty, refinement, and force: a work of unmistakable distinction..." -- Atlantic Monthly
Author description
Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) was a 20th century Japanese novelist. Donald Keene is a distinguished translator of Japanese.