女性作家が選ぶ太宰治

by Osamu Dazai, 江國 香織 (Contributor), 角田光代 (Contributor)

「ほとんど奇跡のような成り立ち方をしている」(川上未映子選「古典風」)、
「彼自身が、ひとつの作品」(桐野夏生選「思い出」)、
「この甘やかさに浸らずにいられない」(松浦理英子選「秋風記」)――
七人の女性作家がそれぞれの感性で選ぶ、未だかつてない太宰短篇選集。

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 11, 2015

About the author

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.