Writing is a famously miserable profession, but Osamu Dazai stands out as one of the ... such as “The Setting Sun,” about an aristocratic family in decline during World War II.

Everyone knows Dazai Osamu, author of works like Run, Melos! and The Setting Sun. But few, I imagine, could name a single title by Kamei Katsuichirō. Both writers came from wealthy families in ...

It often accompanies short clips displaying the cover and pages of Osamu Dazai’s novel NO ... Like “The Setting Sun,” Dazai’s best novel, the story focuses on a woman forced to deal ...

Fuji as seen from the Misaka Pass, the setting of Fugaku ... This healthy and bright Dazai and that literature will have many people sense a difference from the image Osamu Dazai they have embraced.

The Japanese novelist’s dark-hearted comedies are at once unhinged and brilliant. Osamu Dazai, 1924.(Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Where to begin the story? It’s tempting to start at the end ...