斜陽・人間失格・桜桃・走れメロス 外七篇 [Shayō, Ningen Shikkaku, Ōtō, Hashire Merosu, gai nana hen]

by Osamu Dazai

没落貴族の家庭を背景に、滅びゆく高貴な美を描く『斜陽』。太宰文学の総決算ともいうべき、小説化された自画像『人間失格』。ふたりの若者の信頼と友情を力強く表現した『走れメロス』など、20世紀の日本が生んだ天才作家の名作11篇を収める。奥野健男氏のくわしい年譜、臼井吉見氏のこまやかな作品案内と作家評伝付き。

558 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000

About the author

Osamu DAZAI (native name: 太宰治, real name Shūji Tsushima) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan.
With a semi-autobiographical style and transparency into his personal life, Dazai’s stories have intrigued the minds of many readers. His books also bring about awareness to a number of important topics such as human nature, mental illness, social relationships, and postwar Japan.