Name: The Girl Who Became a Fish: Maiden's Bookshelf
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Author: Osamu Dazai
ISBN: 9781647291815

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The Girl Who Became a Fish: Maiden's Bookshelf

Type

Physical Book

Author

Osamu Dazai

Illustrated by

Nekosuke

Publisher

Vertical

Language

English

Pages

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

18.5 x 16.8 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781647291815

Synopsis "The Girl Who Became a Fish: Maiden's Bookshelf"

What dark fate awaits beneath the roaring falls? Suwa and her father live alone on the slopes of Horsebare Mountain, eking out the most meager of existences. During the warmer months the beautiful waterfall brings a few sightseers, but when winter comes there is only solitude. Suwa would do anything to escape the life to which her father has resigned himself. And the lure of the river is strong... This early classic from the author of Japan's greatest modern novel is a dark, elliptical tale of hopelessness that weaves the folklore of the mountains into an anti-coming-of-age story as vividly relevant today as it was when it was written nearly a hundred years ago.

Osamu Dazai

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(Pseudonym of Tsushima Shuji; Kanagi, 1909 - Tokyo, 1948) Japanese writer. Born from the disillusionment prevalent in his country after the end of World War II, Osamu Dazai's last novels expressed the feelings of a generation that had witnessed the collapse of their traditional values: The Setting Sun (1947), perhaps his most famous work, focuses on the decline of the Japanese nobility after the defeat in the war, while his last book, No Longer Human (1948), narrates in an autobiographical tone the frustration over the national debacle. Known for his ironic and somber wit and the brilliant fantasy of his novels and stories, his obsession with suicide and his constant search for a deeper truth would make him a cult figure among the young readers of his country.

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