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The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
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 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.
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AbstractMonica
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
Mehso-so

This is about a family of aristocrats. It takes place shortly after WWII. The father in the family has died 10 years earlier, so we see the downfall of the family in the years after Naoji comes back from the war. He‘s a heroin addict that has cost the family their fortune. The mother and sister sell their things and home in Tokyo and move to the country. Unfortunate events occur, and there is no silver lining. A depressing account all around.

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AbstractMonica
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
Bailedbailed

Read over half, and I was really intrigued …but halfway through when Kazuko starts writing her letters it moved too slow for me. Maybe I wasn‘t grasping something. Will pick it back up in a few weeks.

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AbstractMonica
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
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Got this a while back, but just reading it now 🌅

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bianka
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
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Pickpick

‘anyway, you can be sure of one thing , a man‘s got to fake just to stay alive.‘ 4.5/5

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thetelltaleheart
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
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Pickpick

I just finished the setting sun from Osamu Dazai. It was quite an emotional read. I felt very sorry for the main protagonist Kazuko. If you like some tragical literature I can recommend you this book.

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thetelltaleheart
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
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Reading with a view! I'm enjoying this book while sitting outside of our Alpine foster. I love this place so much 💕