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The-post-war-period-in-Japan-was-one-of-immense-social-change-as-Japanese-society-adjusted-to-the-shock-of-defeat-and-to-the-occupation-of-Japan-by-American-forces-and-their-allies.-Osamu-Dazai’s-The-Setting-Sun-takes-this-milieu-as-its-background-to-tell-the-story-of-the-decline-of-a-minor-aristocratic-family.The-story-is-told-through-the-eyes-of-Kazuko,-the-unmarried-daughter-of-a-widowed-aristocrat.-Her-search-for-self-meaning-in-a-society-devoid-of-use-for-her-forms-the-crux-of-Dazai’s-novel.-It-is-a-sad-story,-and-structurally-is-a-novel-very-much-within-the-confines-of-the-Japanese-take-on-the-novel-in-a-way-reminiscent-of-authors-such-as-Nobel-Prize-winner-Yasunari-Kawabata-–-the-social-interactions-are-peripheral-and-understated,-nuances-must-be-drawn,-and-for-readers-more-used-to-Western-novelistic-forms-this-comes-across-as-being-rather-wishy-washy.Kazuko’s-mother-falls-ill,-and-due-to-their-financial-circumstances-they-are-forced-to-take-a-cottage-in-the-countryside.-Her-brother,-who-became-addicted-to-opium-during-the-war-is-missing.-When-he-returns,-Kazuko-attempts-to-form-a-liaison-with-the-novelist-Uehara.-This-romantic-displacement-only-furthers-to-deepen-her-alienation-from-society.
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