The Final Years: A Farewell to the World in Fifteen Stories

"Osamu Dazai wrote, better than almost anyone, about the thin line between isolation and belonging." --The Atlantic

The acclaimed Japanese writer Osamu Dazai, often described as the "bad boy" of Japanese literature, is enjoying a cultural moment. Known today in the West primarily as a novelist, Dazai first made his name in Japan through shocking short stories that experimented with radically unconventional styles and deeply personal subject matter, often autobiographical and drawn from his ...