The setting sun
by Osamu Dazai
- 196 Want to read
- 18 Currently reading
- 13 Have read
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, it probes the destructive effectives of war and the translation from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazzi died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his book had 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.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Showing 2 featured editions. View all 13 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
The Setting Sun
June 1968, New Directions Publishing Corporation
Paperback
in English
- Revised edition
0811200329 9780811200325
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Text in English and Japanese on opposite pages.
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?Lists
See All-
Philosophy
from Ashton Stinson
-
to be read
from Susan Hill
-
Read Books
from Thomas Bishop
History
- Created August 27, 2008
- 7 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| October 14, 2022 | Edited by AgentSapphire | merge authors |
| March 3, 2016 | Edited by Jessamyn West | merge authors |
| August 25, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | add editions to new work |
| August 25, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | merge works |
| August 27, 2008 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Western Washington University MARC record |