cavafy 's review for:

The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

4.5

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I really wish this book was at least as loved as no longer human :( in my opinion it is so much more beautifully written and heartfelt and dazai shows a rare empathy towards women which is quite lacking from his other books. I think kazuko comes off as insufferably naive, but this is what enables her to live