Early Light by Osamu Dazai

Early Light by Osamu Dazai

Early Light gathers three tales by Osamu Dazai, author of the wildly popular No Longer Human

"I like Dazai a lot" -- Wong Kar-Wai
"Dazai offers something permanent and beautiful." -- The New York Times Book Review
"It is here that themes explored throughout the series – identity’s abnegation under the weight of art and history, the attendant wish for an alternative that fails to arrive – appear in their most unvarnished form." -- J.W. McCormack - The New Left Review
"[An] impressive demonstration of Dazai’s psychological insight." -- Andrew Martin - The New York Times

The author of the global bestseller No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) was famous for confronting head-on the social and moral crises of postwar Japan. He committed suicide by drowning in Tokyo’s Tamagawa Aqueduct. Donald Keene, the author of dozens of books in both English and Japanese as well as the famed translator of Dazai, Kawabata, and Mishima, was the first non-Japanese to receive the Yomiuri Prize for Literature. Ralph McCarthy has lived in Japan for almost two decades. He is the translator of two collections of stories by Osamu Dazai, “Self Portraits” and “Blue Bamboo,” and of Ryu Murakami’s novel 69.

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ISBN 13	9780811231985
ISBN 10	0811231984
Title	Early Light
Author	Osamu Dazai
Series	Storybook Nd Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Year published	2022-10-28
Number of pages	64
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.