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This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956.

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"Written with beauty, refinement, and force: a work of unmistakable distinction…" -- Atlantic Monthly
"All his work is worthy. Dazai was an aristocratic tramp, a self described delinquent, yet he wrote with the forbearance of a fasting scribe." -- Patti Smith

The Setting Sun

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    A Paperback / softback by Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene

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      Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
      Publication Date: 01/02/1968
      ISBN13: 9780811200325, 978-0811200325
      ISBN10: 0811200329
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956.

      Trade Review
      "Written with beauty, refinement, and force: a work of unmistakable distinction…" -- Atlantic Monthly
      "All his work is worthy. Dazai was an aristocratic tramp, a self described delinquent, yet he wrote with the forbearance of a fasting scribe." -- Patti Smith

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