Otogizoshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy (translation), Joel Cohn (introduction)
First published October 25, 1945
Dazai Osamu wrote The Fairy Tale Book (Otogizōshi) in the last months of the Pacific War. The traditional tales upon which Dazai's retellings are based are well known to every Japanese schoolchild, but this is no children's book. In Dazai's hands such stock characters as the kindhearted Oji-san to Oba-san ("Grandmother & Grandfather"), the mischievous tanuki badger, the fearsome Oni ogres, the greedy old man, the "tongue-cut" sparrow, & of course Urashima Taro (the Japanese Rip van Winkle) become complex individuals facing difficult & nuanced moral dilemmas. The resulting stories are thought-provoking, slyly subversive, & often hilarious.
In spite of the "gloom & doom" atmosphere always cited in reviews of The Setting Sun & the later No Longer Human, though, Dazai's cutting wit & rich humor are evident in the entire body of his work. His literature depicts the human condition in painfully blunt & realistic terms, but, like life itself, is often accompanied by a smile.
Osamu DAZAI (native name: 太宰治, real name Shūji Tsushima) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) & Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan.
With a semi-autobiographical style & transparency into his personal life, Dazai’s stories have intrigued the minds of many readers. His books also bring about awareness to a number of important topics such as human nature, mental illness, social relationships, & postwar Japan.
Dazai Osamu wrote The Fairy Tale Book (Otogizōshi) in the last months of the Pacific War. The traditional tales upon which Dazai's retellings are based are well known to every Japanese schoolchild, but this is no children's book. In Dazai's hands such stock characters as the kindhearted Oji-san to Oba-san ("Grandmother & Grandfather"), the mischievous tanuki badger, the fearsome Oni ogres, the greedy old man, the "tongue-cut" sparrow, & of course Urashima Taro (the Japanese Rip van Winkle) become complex individuals facing difficult & nuanced moral dilemmas. The resulting stories are thought-provoking, slyly subversive, & often hilarious.
In spite of the "gloom & doom" atmosphere always cited in reviews of The Setting Sun & the later No Longer Human, though, Dazai's cutting wit & rich humor are evident in the entire body of his work. His literature depicts the human condition in painfully blunt & realistic terms, but, like life itself, is often accompanied by a smile.
Osamu DAZAI (native name: 太宰治, real name Shūji Tsushima) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) & Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan.
With a semi-autobiographical style & transparency into his personal life, Dazai’s stories have intrigued the minds of many readers. His books also bring about awareness to a number of important topics such as human nature, mental illness, social relationships, & postwar Japan.
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Jahr:
2011
Verlag:
BookBaby
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
167
ISBN 10:
490207544X
ISBN 13:
9784902075441
Datei:
EPUB, 299 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2011
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