Run Melos

Name: Run Melos
Author: Dazai Osamu

by Dazai Osamu

Short story of Greek merchant making a noble sacrifice keeping a promise

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Dazai Osamu

Confessional novelist of the Buraiha (decadent school) whose autobiographical fiction charted his own self-destruction. No Longer Human is one of Japan's best-selling novels, a harrowing study of alienation and shame.

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No Longer HumanConfessional monologue of man alienated from society and human connection
The Setting SunNovel portraying decline of Japanese aristocracy through a mother and son
SchoolgirlComing-of-age novella following adolescent girl's awakening and disillusionment
Crackling MountainAutobiographical fragment exploring artistic sensibility and isolated mountain childhood