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.
The first person story of 4 distinctive women in various age, each one describes inner thoughts seamlessly. Some might shares some details but definitely each person lived in her own trauma.
Dazai sensei wrote these stories as the reader might thought the writer was definitely a woman.
Japanese period after the war might also found some beautiful situations incredibly.