Skip to content
ISBN: 1642735132
ISBN13: 9781642735130

Retrograde

$11.93List Price: $12.95
Save $1.02!
ISBN: 1642735132
ISBN13: 9781642735130
Formats

Conditions

A brand-new, unused copy in perfect condition.

Formats

Conditions

A brand-new, unused copy in perfect condition.

See all 1 editionsfrom $11.39

Book Overview

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 first-time and 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.
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
ISBN:
1642735132
ISBN13:
9781642735130
Release Date:
September 2025
Publisher:
One Peace Books, Incorporated
Length:
128 Pages
Weight:
0.28 lbs.
Dimensions:
0.5″ × 5.2″ × 7.0″
LiteraryLiterary Criticism & CollectionsLiteratureLiterature & Fiction

More by Osamu Dazai

The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: Volume 2: 1945 to the Present
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: Volume 2: 1945 to the Present
M�a�s�a�o�k�a� �S�h�i�k�i� �, Taiko Hirabayashi, Junzaburo Nishiwaki, Yoshinori Shimizu, Kafū Nagai, Shinobu Origuchi, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Mokutaro Kinoshita, Hiromi Itō, Ōgai Mori, Katsue Kitasono, Zenmaro Toki, Tatsuo Hori, Kazue Shinkawa, Takeshi Kaikō, Kazuko Shiraishi, Taruho Inagaki, Fumiko Hayashi, Yoshikichi Furui, Nobuo Ayukawa, Shōhei Ōoka, Kōyō Ozaki, Yuzuru Katagiri, Shin'ichi Hoshi, Haruki Murakami, Masuji Ibuse, Takuboku Ishikawa, Kagai Kodama, Junji Kinoshita, Juro Kara, Mokichi Saito, Shigeharu Nakano, Kenji Miyazawa, Taeko Tomioka, Yōko Tawada, Mieko Kanai, Shuntarō Tanikawa, Shinpei Kusano, Naobumi Ochiai, Yukio Mishima, Nobuo Kojima, Kenji Nakagami, Akiko Yosano, Rin Ishigaki, Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Kōbō Abe, Doppo Kunikida, Yūko Tsushima, Hisashi Inoue, Kenzaburō Ōe, Hagoromo Takeshima, Denji Kuroshima, Hakushū Kitahara, Yasushi Inoue, Edogawa Rampo, Keiichirō Hirano, Hyakken Uchida, Fumiko Enchi, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Akiko Baba, Taijun Takeda, Minoru Betsuyaku, Kotaro Takamura, Osamu Dazai, Kanoko Okamoto, Hiroshi Noma, Kunio Kishida, Tsuyoshi Shima, Kyōka Izumi, Tota Kaneko, Naoya Shiga, Hideo Kobayashi, Yoshie Hotta, Shūsaku Endō, Santōka Taneda, Natsume Sōseki, Shōtarō Yasuoka, Machi Tawara, Takako Takahashi, Yasunari Kawabata, Hisajo Sugita, Taeko Kōno, Tōson Shimazaki, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Hakuchō Masamune, Sawako Ariyoshi, Banana Yoshimoto, Yōko Ogawa, Ango Sakaguchi, Hideo Oguma, Minoru Yoshioka, Fumiko Nakajō, J. Thomas Rimer, Van C. Gessel
from: $55.00

Customer Reviews

0 customer ratings | 0 reviews
Write a Review

There are currently no reviews. Be the first to review this work.