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No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life/ Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar...
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(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The classic Japanese novel of alienation and the search for meaning and connection in the modern world, in a brilliant new translation—for fans of S...
(Ningen Shikkaku)
A new translation of one of the greatest works of postwar Japanese literature, acutely capturing modern anxiety and alienation...
novella depicts a day in the life of a Tokyo schoolgirl. Propelling Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for i...
No Longer Human 人間失格 by Osamu Dazai 太宰治 JLPT N3/N2 Japanese Reading Practice This series is for the people/students who want to learn Ja...
The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
Dazai Osamu wrote The Fairy Tale Book (Otogizoshi) in the last months of the Pacific War. The traditional tales upon which Dazai's retellings are base...
Instances of Literary Adaptation
Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) is a key figure in modern Japanese literature. He is renowned for the intellectual play and superb craft of his numero...
Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapab...
Sumo “You’re weaker than I thought,” Seiji chimed cheerfully. It was, of course, simply one way for him to remark on his own strength after soun...
This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956. Set in the early postwar years, it probes th...
Early Light gathers three tales by Osamu Dazai, author of the wildly popular No Longer Human Early Light offers three very different aspects of Osamu ...
Crackling Mountain and Other Stories features eleven outstanding works by Osama Dazai, widely regarded as one of the 20th century Japan's most gifted ...
"Self Portraits" by Dazai Osamu is a collection of short stories, essays, and personal reflections that offer insight into the mind and struggles of t...
The war is over. Japan is defeated. As his country rebuilds, a young man must fight disease and rebuild his life. He will start at a peculiar sanatori...
The war is over. Japan is defeated. Together with his country, a young man must rebuild his life. To recover from illness, he retreats to a quirky san...
Tales from the Life of Japan's Great Decadent Romantic
Twenty autobiographical stories describe with honesty and self-deprecating humour the women, the suicide attempts, the drinking and the struggle again...
Dalla penna di uno dei più grandi scrittori giapponesi del ‘900, un romanzo poetico e suggestivo sul bisogno di tornare a casa e di confrontarsi co...
"Early Light" (Shinjitsu Ichiro / 真昼の光) by Dazai Osamu is a collection of short stories that highlights the author’s characteristic blend of...
"Goodbye" (グッド・バイ) is an unfinished novella written shortly before Dazai’s death in 1948. It was intended to be a satire about post-war ...
A Shameful Life; (also translated as No Longer Human or Ningen Shikkaku) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Japanese author Dazai Osamu, published in...
Travels of a Purple Tramp
This book is a collection of twelve works written by Osamu Dazai between 1938 and 1948. The range of works spans from Dazai's mid- to late-periods, an...
A collection of short stories in female monologues, showing Osamu Dazai's rare, tender side. It contains a total of 11 short stories, taking Girls - T...