{"product_id":"a-shameful-life-ningen-shikkaku","title":"A Shameful Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecipient of the 2018 William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsamu Dazai is one of the most famous—and infamous—writers of 20th-century Japan. \u003cem\u003eA Shameful Life\u003c\/em\u003e (Ningen Shikkaku) is his final published work and has become a bestselling classic for its depiction of the tortured struggle of a young man to survive in a world that he cannot comprehend. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParalleling the life and death of Dazai himself, the delicate weaving of fact and fiction remorselessly documents via journals the life of Yozo, a university student who spends his time in increasing isolation and debauchery. His doomed love affairs, suicide attempts, and constant fear of revealing his true self haunt the pages of the book and reveal a slow descent into madness. This dark tale nevertheless conveys something authentic about the human heart and its inability to find its true bearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGibeau's translation cements \u003cem\u003eA Shameful Life\u003c\/em\u003e's place in the existentialist literary canon from Dostoevsky to Camus. Fans of Bungo Stray Dogs will recognize Osamu Dazai as one of the characters named after the giants of Japanese literature. Those familiar with the numerous adaptations in graphic novels and animation can experience the source material in faithful, modern prose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Osamu Dazai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45427265962031,"sku":"9781611720440","price":1399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781611720440.jpg?v=1780669320","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/a-shameful-life-ningen-shikkaku","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}