{"product_id":"the-beggar-student","title":"The Beggar Student","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fictional writer in his thirties named Osamu Dazai has just mailed his publisher an awful manuscript, filling him with dread and shame. Wandering along a river in a nearby park in suburban Tokyo, he meets a high-school dropout and the two get into an intellectual spat. Eventually, Dazai finds himself agreeing to perform in the boy's place that very night as the live narrator of a film screening...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the madcap adventure of \u003cem\u003eThe Beggar Student\u003c\/em\u003e, where there is glamor in destitution and glimmerings of truth in intellectual one-upmanship. Replete with settings straight out of the popular anime \u003cem\u003eBungo Stray Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e and echoes of the themes in \u003cem\u003eNo Longer Human\u003c\/em\u003e, this biting novella captures the infamous Japanese writer at his mordant best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 081123858X\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780811238588\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Dazai, Osamu, Bett, Sam\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Dec 2024)","offer_id":46080286195909,"sku":"9780811238588","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780811238588.jpg?v=1776035852","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-beggar-student","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}