joseito

by Osamu Dazai

1938年9月に女性読者有明淑（当時19歳）から太宰のもとに送付された日記を題材に、14歳の女生徒が朝起床してから夜就寝するまでの一日を主人公の独白体で綴っている。思春期の少女が持つ自意識の揺らぎと、その時期に陥りやすい、厭世的な心理を繊細な筆致で描き出し、当時の文芸時評で川端康成たちから激賞され、太宰の代表作の一つとなった。

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 22, 2014

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.

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