by Osamu Dazai · Tuttle Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9784805306727
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«The Setting Sun» is the novel by Osamu Dazai translated by Donald Keene, published by Tuttle Publishing in paperback (175 pages).
Set in postwar Japan, it follows Kazuko, a young aristocrat searching for meaning in a society transformed by defeat. Her family's ruin drives her to the countryside, and her relationship with a novelist deepens her alienation. The work popularized «people of the setting sun» as a name for the decadent aristocracy.
Novel originally published in 1947 under the title 斜陽; includes Donald Keene's translation.
A read for those who enjoy twentieth-century Japanese classics and portraits of a society in crisis.
Shūji Tsushima , known by his pen name Osamu Dazai , was a Japanese novelist and author. A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun and No Longer Human, are considered modern classics.
