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Real Osamu Dazai
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Author : Osamu Dazai
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2024-09-24
Real Osamu Dazai written by Osamu Dazai and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"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 Best-known for his novels No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Dazai was also an acclaimed writer of short stories, experimenting with a wide variety of styles and bringing to each work a sophisticated sense of humor, a broad empathy for the human condition and a tremendous literary talent. The twenty stories in this collection include: Memories — An autobiographical tale in which Dazai relates episodes from his own childhood and adolescence, showing his relationship with his family and his tendency towards introspection and self-dramatization On the Question of Apparel — A comic tour-de-force in which Dazai examines the hold that fashion has over him and how it relates to his own pathetic self-image A Poor Man's Got His Pride — A retelling of a story by 18th-century master of burlesque fiction Ihara Saikaku, about a fallen samurai who lives in poverty The Sound of Hammering — A love story set against the backdrop of the rebuilding of Tokyo after the city was totally destroyed during World War Two And sixteen other stories! By turns hilarious, ironic, introspective, mystical and sarcastic, these stories present a fully rounded portrait of a talented writer who tried several times to take his own life and ultimately succeeded. An introduction by translator James O'Brien gives the background to Dazai's life and shows how the stories in this book, whether autobiographical or fictional, contribute to an understanding of one of Japan's greatest writers. **Recommended for readers 16 years & up. Not intended for high school classroom use due to adult content.**
The Real Osamu Dazai
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Author : Osamu Dazai
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2024-09-24
The Real Osamu Dazai written by Osamu Dazai and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"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 Best-known for his novels No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Dazai was also an acclaimed writer of short stories, experimenting with a wide variety of styles and bringing to each work a sophisticated sense of humor, a broad empathy for the human condition, and a tremendous literary talent. The twenty stories in this collection include: Memories -- An autobiographical piece in which Dazai relates episodes from his own childhood and adolescence, showing his relationship with his family, and his tendency towards introspection and self-dramatization On the Question of Apparel -- A comic tour-de-force in which Dazai examines the hold that fashion has over him and how it relates to his own pathetic self-image A Poor Man's Got His Pride -- A retelling of a story by 17th-century master of burlesque fiction Ihara Saikaku, about a fallen samurai who lives in poverty The Sound of Hammering -- A love story set against the backdrop of the rebuilding of Tokyo after the city was totally destroyed during World War Two And sixteen other stories! By turns hilarious, ironic, introspective, mystical and sarcastic, the stories in this collection present a fully rounded portrait of this talented writer who tried several times to take his own life and ultimately succeeded. An introduction by translator James O'Brien gives the background to Dazai's life and shows how the stories in this book, whether autobiographical or fictional, contribute to an understanding of the real Osamu Dazai. **Recommended for readers 16 years & up. Not intended for high school classroom use due to adult content.**
No Longer Human
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Author : 太宰治
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 1958
No Longer Human written by 太宰治 and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Fiction categories.
A young man describes his torment as he struggles to reconcile the diverse influences of Western culture and the traditions of his own Japanese heritage.
Self Portraits
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Author : 太宰治
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha
Release Date : 1992
Self Portraits written by 太宰治 and has been published by Kodansha this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Japan categories.
"A rich boy turned drop-out, a radical turned drug addict, obsessed with self destruction and suicide, Osamu Dazai retains his cult status among Japan's intellectual youth more than forty years after his death. These stories, based on his own experiences and arranged chronologically, provide insight into the sources of Dazai's enduring appeal as well as his art."--
Early Light Storybook Nd Series
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Author : Osamu Dazai
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 2022-08-16
Early Light Storybook Nd Series written by Osamu Dazai and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-16 with Fiction categories.
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 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. Having lost their own home, he and his wife flee with a new baby boy and their little girl to relatives in Kofu, only to be bombed out anew. "Everything's gone," the father explains to his daughter: "Mr. Rabbit, our shoes, the Ogigari house, the Chino house, they all burned up," "Yeah, they all burned up," she said, still smiling. "One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji," another autobiographical tale, is much more comic: Dazai finds himself unable to escape the famous views, the beauty once immortalized by Hokusai and now reduced to a cliche. In the end, young girls torment him by pressing him into taking their photo before the famous peak: "Goodbye," he hisses through his teeth, "Mount Fuji. Thanks for everything. Click." And the final story is "Villon's Wife," a small masterpiece, which relates the awakening to power of a drunkard's wife. She transforms herself into a woman not to be defeated by anything, not by her husband being a thief, a megalomaniacal writer, and a wastrel. Single-handedly, she saves the day by concluding that "There's nothing wrong with being a monster, is there? As long as we can stay alive."
Self Portraits Stories
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Author : Osamu Dazai
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 2024-02-06
Self Portraits Stories written by Osamu Dazai and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-06 with Fiction categories.
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 “Art dies the moment it acquires authority.” So said Japan’s quintessential rebel writer Osamu Dazai, who, disgusted with the hypocrisy of every kind of establishment, from the nation’s obsolete aristocracy to its posturing, warmongering generals, went his own way, even when that meant his death—and the death of others. Faced with pressure to conform, he declared his individuality to the world—in all its self-involved, self-conscious, and self-hating glory. “Art,” he wrote, “is ‘I.’” In these short stories, collected and translated by Ralph McCarthy, we can see just how closely Dazai’s life mirrored his art, and vice versa, as the writer/narrator falls from grace, rises to fame, and falls again. Addiction, debt, shame, and despair dogged Dazai until his self-inflicted death, and yet despite all the lies and deception he resorted to in life, there is an almost fanatical honesty to his writing. And that has made him a hero to generations of readers who see laid bare, in his works, the painful, impossible contradictions inherent in the universal commandment of social life—fit in and do as you are told—as well as the possibility, however desperate, of defiance. Long out of print, these stories will be a revelation to the legions of new fans of No Longer Human, The Setting Sun, and The Flowers of Buffoonery.
No Longer Human
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Author : Osamu Dazai
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 1973-01-17
No Longer Human written by Osamu Dazai and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973-01-17 with Fiction categories.
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. 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. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a “clown” to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness. Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is an important and unforgettable modern classic: “The struggle of the individual to fit into a normalizing society remains just as relevant today as it was at the time of writing.” (The Japan Times)
Crackling Mountain And Other Stories
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Author : Osamu Dazai
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2012-04-10
Crackling Mountain And Other Stories written by Osamu Dazai and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-10 with Literary Collections categories.
Crackling Mountain and Other Stories features eleven outstanding works by Osama Dazai, widely regarded as one of the 20th century Japan's most gifted writers. Dazai experimented with a wide variety of short story styles and brought to each a sophisticated sense of humor, a broad empathy for the human condition, and a tremendous literary talent. The eleven stories in this collection of Japanese literature present the most fully rounded portrait available of a tragic, multifaceted genius of modern Japanese letters.
Dazai Osamu
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Author : James Aloysius O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: New York : Twayne Publishers
Release Date : 1975
Dazai Osamu written by James Aloysius O'Brien and has been published by New York : Twayne Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Literary Criticism categories.
A critical examination of Osamu Dazai.
Pandora S Box
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Author : Osamu Dazai
language : en
Publisher: Shelley Marshall
Release Date : 2022-07-15
Pandora S Box written by Osamu Dazai and has been published by Shelley Marshall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-15 with Fiction categories.
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 sanatorium in the mountains. At this unusual institution, where everyone gets a nickname, he is surrounded by a delightful ensemble of patients and caregivers.