{"product_id":"the-beggar-student-by-osamu-dazai-9780811238588","title":"The Beggar Student","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins the madcap adventure of \u003cem\u003eThe Beggar Student\u003c\/em\u003e, where there is glamour 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796785385708,"sku":"9780811238588","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22769843482476.jpg?v=1757108522","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-beggar-student-by-osamu-dazai-9780811238588","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}