"I've led a life full of shame. Human beings are a complete mystery to me."This manga version of novelist Osamu Dazai's masterpiece NO LONGER HUMAN-the #2 bestselling novel of all time in Japan-tells the story of Yozo Oba, a young man growing up in... Zobraziť viac
Three stories of the ruined and the lost: Osamu Dazai at his most tormented. This collection unearths the Japanese literary legend''s most controversial and exhilarating early-career writing with first-time and original translations. ''Retrograde''... Zobraziť viac
"Dazai''s best novel [ ] focusing on a woman forced to deal with the consequences of heedless, Dazai-like behavior" The New York TimesA completely new translation of one of Osamu Dazai''s best-loved novels, by award-winning translator, Juliet Winters... 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
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
What dark fate awaits beneath the roaring falls? ... Zobraziť viac
Osamu Dazai patří k nejvýraznějším a nejčtenějším autorům moderní japonské literatury. Výbor To já jsem uměním jej představuje v celé šíři jeho tvorby: jako nemilosrdného pozorovatele vlastních slabostí, ironického glosátora literárního světa,... Zobraziť viac
A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in English & manga for the first time! ... 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
"Dazai's brand of egoistic pessimism dovetails organically with the emo chic of this cultural moment and with the inner lives of teenagers of all eras." —Andrew Martin, The New York Times"… translator O'Brien excels, his unembellished use of language... Zobraziť viac
Eleven new short works by the Osamu Dazai, author of No Longer Human 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
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
