惜別 [Sekibetsu]

by Osamu Dazai

仙台留学時代の若き日の魯迅と日本人学生とのこころ暖まる交遊の描写を通して、日中戦争という暗く不幸な時代に日中相互理解を訴えた表題作。“アカルサハ、ホロビノ姿デアロウカ。人モ家モ、暗イウチハマダ滅亡セヌ”敗戦へとひた走る時代風潮に対する芸術家としての自己の魂を、若き頃からの理想像、源実朝に託して謳う『右大臣実朝』。太宰文学の中期を代表する2編を収める。

309 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2004

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.