Japanese Classic Literature: Disqualification in the World
About This Novel
This book includes Dazai Osamu's classic novels "The Unworthy of the World" and "The Setting Sun". "Disqualification in the World" (also known as "Disqualification as a Human Being") is a novella written by Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai and published in 1948. It is an autobiographical novel. It describes the protagonist's continuous sinking from adolescence to middle age in order to escape reality. He experiences self-exile, alcoholism, suicide, and numbing himself with drugs, and finally moves towards the tragedy of self-destruction step by step. In the process of self-denial, he expresses his inner depression and desire to be loved. "The Setting Sun" takes the chaos of postwar Japan as the background and describes the setting sun-like life of a fallen nobleman. In addition to expressing decadence and helplessness, the full text also places a ray of brilliance in life on the protagonist Kazuko, making "The Setting Sun" shine brightly in the dark tones of decadence.
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Official(2)Scraped 4d ago
The whole story is filled with drunkards, prostitutes, and domestic violence. It seems that women have always been the weak one and the victim. We can now understand how important freedom and equality are. Revolution, the proletariat of the world unite
It's depressing and gloomy. I can't understand the thoughts the author wants to express in the book, but I can feel the despair and depression, as if death is a kind of relief. And living is torture.
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Official(2)Scraped 4d ago
The whole story is filled with drunkards, prostitutes, and domestic violence. It seems that women have always been the weak one and the victim. We can now understand how important freedom and equality are. Revolution, the proletariat of the world unite
It's depressing and gloomy. I can't understand the thoughts the author wants to express in the book, but I can feel the despair and depression, as if death is a kind of relief. And living is torture.
