Name: Pandora's box
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Author: Osamu Dazai
ISBN: 9781734964424

Type

Physical Book

Author

Osamu Dazai

Translated by

Shelley Marshall

Publisher

Shelley Marshall

Language

English

Pages

148

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9781734964424

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "Pandora's box "

The war is over. Japan is defeated. As his country rebuilds, a young man must fight disease and rebuild his life. He will start at a peculiar sanatorium, where everyone gets a nickname, and where he is surrounded by an odd assortment of patients and caregivers.Osamu Dazai was a leading Japanese modern fiction writer who wrote in the genre of the "I" novel. His work reflected his troubled life, but Pandora's Box is one of his optimistic novels.

Osamu Dazai

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(Pseudonym of Tsushima Shuji; Kanagi, 1909 - Tokyo, 1948) Japanese writer. Born from the disillusionment prevalent in his country after the end of World War II, Osamu Dazai's last novels expressed the feelings of a generation that had witnessed the collapse of their traditional values: The Setting Sun (1947), perhaps his most famous work, focuses on the decline of the Japanese nobility after the defeat in the war, while his last book, No Longer Human (1948), narrates in an autobiographical tone the frustration over the national debacle. Known for his ironic and somber wit and the brilliant fantasy of his novels and stories, his obsession with suicide and his constant search for a deeper truth would make him a cult figure among the young readers of his country.

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