# The Setting Sun - Hardcover

by **Osamu Dazai** (Author), **Donald Keene** (Translator)

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.

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.87 x 8.27 x 5.51 IN

**Publication Date:** November 15, 2022

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- **Price:** 24.95 USD
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