Product Description
The famous first novel of this prolific Japanese author.
First UK Edition [Peter Owen, London, 1958]; xviii, 190 pages; black cloth, gold titling to spine, v.
slight lean, a near-fine copy; in the excellent illustrated dustjacket, price-clipped, rubbed & chipped at extremities with small losses, 2cm tear at spine base.
Dazai's first novel, originally published in 1947 [Shinchosha, Tokyo].
Translated from the Japanese & with intro by Donald Keene, whose translation was first published in the US [1956].
Jacket design by Eric Patton.
Osamu Dazai [1909-1948] wrote numerous short stories but completed only two novels, both of which are considered classics of Japanese Literature - "The Setting Sun" & "No Longer Human".
He committed suicide by throwing himself into the swollen waters of the Tamagawa Reservoir, aged 39.
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