This collection of twenty Osamu Dazai short stories is the longest and most comprehensive Dazai anthology currently available in English. Including closely autobiographical stories such as "Memories" and "My Older Brothers" as well as reworked folk classics like "Crackling Mountain," and "Run, Melos!," the stories in this book give a fully rounded portrait of Dazai, the tragic, multifaceted genius of modern Japanese literature. These stories will be welcomed by all fans of Japanese literature as well as by readers familiar with Osamu Dazai from the wildly popular anime and manga series Bungo Stray Dogs, in which he is the lead character.
