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.
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In deze nieuwe betoverende historische roman van de internationale bestsellerauteur van Violeta en De wind kent mijn naam reist een jonge schrijfster naar Zuid-Amerika om de waarheid over haar vader – en zichzelf – te ontdekken.
In deze nieuwe betoverende historische roman van de internationale bestsellerauteur van Violeta en De wind kent mijn naam reist een jonge schrijfster naar Zuid-Amerika om de waarheid over haar vader – en zichzelf – te ontdekken.
