World Classics: Disqualification in the World + I Am a Cat + Rashomon + the Moon and Sixpence
by (japanese) Dazai Osamu, Natsume Soseki, Akutagawa Ryunosuke (english) Somerset Maugham
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This set includes Dazai Osamu's "The Unworthy of the World", Natsume Soseki's "I am a Cat", Akutagawa Ryunosuke's "Rashomon", and Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence"! Among them, "Disqualified in the World" is an influential autobiographical novel by Osamu Dazai, and it is Osamu Dazai's devastating final work. Dazai Osamu cleverly hides his life and thoughts in the life experience of the protagonist Ye Zang. Through Ye Zang's monologue, we can get a glimpse of Dazai Osamu's inner world - "a life full of shame." In the same year that this work was published, Osamu Dazai committed suicide, bringing an end to his career.
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