The Setting Sun

The Setting Sun. The Setting Sun (斜陽 Shayō) is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai It was published in 1947 and is set in Japan after World War II Principal characters are Kazuko her brother Naoji and their elderly mother.

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The Setting Sun – Reading Reflections

The Setting Sun novel by Dazai Osamu published in 1947 as Shayō It is a tragic vividly painted story of life in postwar Japan The narrator is Kazuko a young woman born to gentility but now impoverished Though she wears Western clothes her outlook is Japanese her life is static and she.

The Setting Sun novel by Dazai Osamu Britannica

First The Setting Sun Published in 1947 this summary does it justice It is a tragic vividly painted story of life in postwar Japan The narrator is Kazuko a young woman born to gentility but now impoverished Though she wears Western clothes her outlook is Japanese her life is static and she recognizes that she is spiritually empty.

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The Setting Sun is similar also a confessionstyle story told by Kazuko (and also her brother Naoji) who is struggling with an engulfing propensity to isolation But unlike Yozo who thinks family is a nonsensical entity Kazuko and Naoji regard their family and its aristocratic stat Oba Yozo the protagonist in Dazai&#39s No Longer Human is my earliest literary crush at the age of early 16 39/5 (103K)Format Paperback.