Retrograde - by Osamu Dazai (Paperback)

Name: Retrograde - by Osamu Dazai (Paperback)
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Three stories of the ruined and the lost: Osamu Dazai at his most tormented.
About the Author: Osamu Dazai (1909-- 1948) is one of the most highly respected author's of modern Japan and is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in post-war Japanese literature.
128 Pages
Literary Collections, Asian

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Three stories of the ruined and the lost: Osamu Dazai at his most tormented. This collection unearths the Japanese literary legend's most controversial and exhilarating early-career writing with strikingly original translations. "Retrograde" traces the life of an anguished youth in reverse; "Das Gemeine" features an aspiring literato with a dark past who hitches his wagon to an eccentric violinist; "Blossom-Leaves and the Spirit Whistle" tells of an old woman recalling the final breaths of her beautiful, sickly sister. Experience the twisted agony of the prose that propelled Dazai to the top of the literary world.

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"Dazai's writing is concise, and the evocative despair cuts like an X-Acto knife. The expressed sentiments are also universal enough that when Dazai is quoted out of context, his sentences read like depressive bromides." -Dirt

About the Author

Osamu Dazai (1909-- 1948) is one of the most highly respected author's of modern Japan and is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in post-war Japanese literature. He was widely known by contemporaries for his eclectic lifestyle, inventive u

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.03 Inches (H) x 5.17 Inches (W) x .48 Inches (D)

Weight: .28 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 128

Genre: Literary Collections

Sub-Genre: Asian

Publisher: One Peace Books

Theme: Japanese

Format: Paperback

Author: Osamu Dazai

Language: English

Street Date: September 16, 2025

TCIN: 1008786574

UPC: 9781642735130

Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-0192

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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