An edition of The setting sun (1956)

The Setting Sun

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An edition of The setting sun (1956)

The Setting Sun

Revised edition
  • 4.5 (6 ratings) ·
  • 201 Want to read
  • 19 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

"Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his book 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."--Provided by publisher.

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Language
English
Pages
1

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Cover of: The setting sun
The setting sun
1981, Tuttle
in English
Cover of: The setting sun
The setting sun
1968, New Directions
in English
Cover of: The setting sun.
The setting sun.
1968, New Directions
in English
Cover of: The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun
June 1968, New Directions Publishing Corporation
Paperback in English - Revised edition
Cover of: The setting sun
The setting sun
1965, Hara Shobō
in English
Cover of: The setting sun =
Cover of: The setting sun.
Cover of: The setting sun
The setting sun
1958, Peter Owen
in English
Cover of: The setting sun.
The setting sun.
1956, J. Laughlin
in English
Cover of: The setting sun
The setting sun
1956, Hara Shobo
in English
Cover of: The setting sun.
Cover of: The setting sun
The setting sun
1956, J. Laughlin
in Undetermined
Cover of: The setting sun.
The setting sun.
1956, published for J. Laughlin by New Directions
in English

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Book Details


First Sentence

"Mother uttered a faint cry."

Classifications

Library of Congress
PL825.A8, PL825.A8 S513 1968

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
1
Dimensions
8.1 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
Weight
7 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7999651M
Internet Archive
settingsun0000daza
ISBN 10
0811200329
ISBN 13
9780811200325
LCCN
56013350
OCLC/WorldCat
371584
Library Thing
42318
Goodreads
194740

Work Description

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.

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