
Retrograde
Osamu Dazai(Author)
One Peace Books, Incorporated (Publisher)
Published on 16. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-64273-513-0 (ISBN)
Description
Three stories of the ruined and the lost: Osamu Dazai at his most tormented. This collection unearths the Japanese literary legend's most controversial and exhilarating early-career writing with first-time and original translations. 'Retrograde' traces the life of an anguished youth in reverse; 'Das Gemeine' features an aspiring literato with a dark past who hitches his wagon to an eccentric violinist; 'Blossom-Leaves and the Spirit Whistle' tells of an old woman recalling the final breaths of her beautiful, sickly sister. Experience the twisted agony of the prose that propelled Dazai to the top of the literary world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 176 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
125 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64273-513-0 (9781642735130)
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Persons
Osamu Dazai (1909- 1948) is one of the most highly respected author's of modern Japan and is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in post-war Japanese literature. He was widely known by contemporaries for his eclectic lifestyle, inventive u