Knihy od: Osamu Dazai

Komplet: Odepsaný + Zapadající slunce Józó, hlavní hrdina románu Odepsaný, vypráví o svém na první pohled běžném a víceméně normálním životě, přestože se sám cítí neschopen porozumět lidským bytostem. Pokusy o smíření se s okolním světem začínají v raném dětství, pokračují na střední škole, kde se pro své okolí stává klaunem,...

Self-Portraits brings together the best autobiographical shorts by Osamu Dazai, showcasing the legendary writer at both his best and his worst. This slim volume presents Dazai’s unique voice, capturing his essence as Japan’s quintessential rebel writer.   "Art dies the moment it acquires authority." With these words, Dazai, disillusioned by the hypocrisy...

The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanatorium where Yozo Oba-the narrator of No Longer Human at a younger age-is being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his friends and family visit him, and other patients and nurses drift in and out of his room....

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, The Setting Sun probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. The influence of Osamu Dazai's...

Román nazerá na spoločenský a morálny úpadok vládnucej japonskej vrstvy, najmä aristokracie. Krehkosť, emočná sila a poetika textu zaistila dielu, podobne ako autorov román Odepsaný (vydal Slovart, 2022), nadčasovosť, a výraz „trieda zapadajúceho slnka" sa dokonca ujal aj v hovorovej japončine.

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. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself...

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 the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But...

For fans of No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai's darkly bewitching novel about the small redemptions of being a pathetic, miserable writer A fictional writer in his thirties named Osamu Dazai has just sent his publisher a terrible manuscript, filling him with dread and shame. Shortly afterward, while moping around a...

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...

Now in a gift cloth edition, No Longer Human ponders profound alienation 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...

Józó, hlavný hrdina románu Odepsaný, rozpráva o svojom na prvý pohľad bežnom a viac-menej normálnom živote, hoci sám sa cíti neschopný porozumieť ľudským bytostiam. Pokusy o zmierenie sa s okolitým svetom sa začínajú v ranom detstve, pokračujú na strednej škole, kde sa pre svoje okolie stáva klaunom, aby zamaskoval odcudzenie,...