The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas... Zobraziť viac
Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948... Zobraziť viac
Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle... Zobraziť viac
This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956... Zobraziť viac
Early Light offers three very different aspects of Osamu Dazai's genius: the title story relates his misadventures as a drinker and a family man in the terrible fire bombings of Tokyo at the end of WWII... Zobraziť viac
A completely new translation of Osamu Dazai's great masterpiece by award-winning translator Juliet Winters Carpenter... Zobraziť viac
Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai’s best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraits shows the legendary writer at his best―and worst... Zobraziť viac
The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite! The English translation has sold over 35,000 copies. Essentially the start of Dazai''s career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates... Zobraziť viac
What dark fate awaits beneath the roaring falls? ... Zobraziť viac
No one really understands how we suffer. One day, when we’re adults, we may come to recall this suffering, this misery, as silly and laughable, but how are we to get through the long, hateful period until then? No one bothers to teach us that.... Zobraziť viac
The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanatorium where Yozo Oba-the narrator of No Longer Human at a younger age-is being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his friends and family visit him, and other patients and nurses Zobraziť viac
Set in the early postwar years, The Setting Sun probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. The story is told through the eyes of Kazuko, the unmarried daughter of a widowed aristocrat... Zobraziť viac
What dark fate awaits beneath the roaring falls? ... Zobraziť viac
Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being... Zobraziť viac
A fictional writer in his thirties named Osamu Dazai has just sent his publisher a terrible manuscript, filling him with dread and shame. Shortly afterward, while moping around a park in suburban Tokyo, he spots someone drowning in a nearby aqueduct ... Zobraziť viac
A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in English & manga for the first time! ... Zobraziť viac
