{"product_id":"the-setting-sun-hardcover-2","title":"The Setting Sun - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOsamu Dazai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonald Keene\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956. Set in the early postwar years, \u003cem\u003eThe Setting Sun\u003c\/em\u003e probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. The influence of Osamu Dazai's novel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.27 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157586776199,"sku":"9780811234443","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2b5f3dca491bb03589276d89b24883c9.webp?v=1733252036","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-setting-sun-hardcover-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}