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"""Dazai's brand of egoistic pessimism dovetails organically with the emo chic of this cultural moment…and with the inner lives of teenagers of all eras."" — Andrew Martin, The New York Times ""Though not as autobiographical as Dazai's subsequent novel, No Longer Human, The Setting Sun draws heavily on his experiences…[and] would transform its author into a celebrity, the literary poster child for Japan's postwar malaise…"" —The Japan Times ""Though not as autobiographical as Dazai's subsequent novel, No Longer Human, The Setting Sun draws heavily on his experiences…[and] would transform its author into a celebrity, the literary poster child for Japan's postwar malaise…"" --The Japan Times"
