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.
This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956.
For the first time in English, Osamu Dazai’s hilariously comic and deeply moving prequel to No Longer Human
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A new translation of one of the greatest works of postwar Japanese literature, acutely capturing modern anxiety and alienation
Early Light gathers three tales by Osamu Dazai, author of the wildly popular No Longer Human
Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai's best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraits shows the legendary writer at his best—and his worst
For fans of No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai's darkly bewitching novel about the small redemptions of being a pathetic, miserable writer
Now in a beautiful gift cloth edition, a masterpiece of postwar Japanese literature