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by Osamu Dazai (Author), Csamu Dazai (Author), Professor Donald Keene (Translator) "Mother uttered a faint cry ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 1 pages
  • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation; Revised edition (1 Feb 1968)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0811200329
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811200325
  • Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 13 x 1.5 cm
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5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and highly sensitive, 17 April 1999
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Excellent. The novel adapts fundamental settings from ChekhovÕs The Cherry Orchard. This is not the first time Dazai based his work on existing literature Š inc his fine comical adaptation of Hamlet. The main characterÕs mother is especially like Ranyevskaia Š whose gullible nature leaves her unable to grasp the reality and abandons her to live within the nostalgia.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but..., 13 Jun 1997
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This may be called a "Japanese" novel, in that it follows Japanese social and literary precepts. Things are as society dictates, and for that it is a fascinating examination of Japan in flux, after running headlong into the Western world. However, it stands second to Dazai's No Longer Human, which shines as a true example of innermost Japanese thought and reaction to the modern world. For those that have some knowledge of the language and culture, Setting Sun would be tatemae, but No Longer Human is honne.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful and thorough, 11 Dec 2001
This book is probably way too intellectual for me. Its like one of those books you dont quite "get" until you've read it hundreds of times. Subtlety and beauty are the order of things, yet darker symbolism and meaning (including the age old Japanese/shakespearan method of using nature to symbolise events) are also used to add depth to already deeper than deep meaning. The simplicity of this novel makes it almost perfect, yet I feel there is something lacking in the writing...a certain love, a certain something, which is hinted at yet never fully explored.
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