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The Setting Sun is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. It was published in 1947 and is set in Japan after World War II. Principal characters are Kazuko, her brother Naoji, and their elderly mother. The story shows a family in decline and crisis, like many other families during this period of transition between traditional Japan and a more advanced, industrial society. Many families needed to leave their old lives behind and start anew. Throughout the story, mostly through the character Naoji, the author brings up a number of social and philosophical problems of that time period.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Dazai, Osamu
- ISBN: 9781784350833
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 8.50 x 0.37
- Number Of Pages: 158
- Publication Year: 2014
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HPB S. - 6 years 1 month agoThe book was a bit of a mixed bag overall. While I felt it really helped to get into the likely mental state of Dazai at the very end of his life, it also felt like I was missing context from his earlier work. The contrast might have helped to understand more. The book ends up having a Caulfield effect where some will likely deeply empathize with the main characters while others will deeply dislike him. In some ways, it was hard to get grasp at the numerous sources of his sense of failure, but that might be true to life as well. I recommend trying it, and do read the introduction if you are interested in the perception of Japanese literature at the time of the first edition (around 1950).