{"product_id":"dazai-osamu-the-real-osamu-dazai-9784805318348","title":"The Real Osamu Dazai","description":"\"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\n\u003cp\u003e\"... translator O'Brien excels, his unembellished use of language allowing the comically dry but fraught moments of Dazai's prose to flourish.\" --Asian Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest-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:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e- 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!\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u0026gt;**Recommended for readers 16 years \u0026amp; up. Not intended for high school classroom use due to adult content.**","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Used - like new","offer_id":53418654499158,"sku":"9784805318348-N","price":12.59,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9784805318348_1.jpg?v=1781663738","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/dazai-osamu-the-real-osamu-dazai-9784805318348","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}