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The Setting SunThis 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,
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.
| EAN: | 9780811234443 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 15.11.2022 |
| Autoren: | Dazai, Osamu |
| Übersetzung: | Keene, Donald |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 175 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Literary |
| Keyword: | japanese fiction; japanese literature; japanese classic; asian literature; no longer human; dazai osamu; oba yozo; double suicide; must read; donald keene; japanese coming of age; coming of age; osamu dazai; postwar japanese; post war japanese fiction; fictionalized autobiography; depression; suicide; harakiri; trauma; psychological; anxiety; addiction; cultural; abnormal; abnormal psychology; society; aristocratic; self-destruction; self-destructive; tokyo; kyoto; osaka; alienation; powerful; semi-autobiographical; tenderness |
| Fachschema: | Literaturwissenschaft |
| Fachkategorie: | Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik~Klassische Belletristik~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Adoleszenz~Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik |
| Imprint-Titels: | New Directions |
| Länge: | 211 mm |
| Breite: | 142 mm |
| Höhe: | 22 mm |
| Gewicht: | 355 gr |
| Produktform: | Gebunden |
| Genre: | Importe |
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