{"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","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43868344975497,"sku":"9780811238588","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/9780811238588_affc5.jpg?v=1757065503","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/the-beggar-student","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}