By Damian Flanagan In June 1948, novelist Osamu Dazai committed suicide. The 38-year-old, who had just completed his masterpiece, “No...
Osamu Dazai
Two of the most successful Japanese novels of the past few years that have been translated into English are Hiromi...
Career nihilist Osamu Dazai had already attempted suicide four times when he published his most famous novel in 1947. “The...