太宰治

Crackling Mountain and Other Stories features eleven outstanding works by Osama Dazai, widely regarded as one of the 20th century Japan's most gifted writers.Dazai experimented with a wide variety of short story styles and brought to each a sophisticated sense of humor, a broad empathy for the human condition, and a …

《人間失格》是日本小說家太宰治的長篇小說，是與《跑吧！梅樂斯》、《斜陽》並列的太宰治代表作之一，1948年在雜誌《展望》上作為全三回的連載小說發表。同年5月12日完稿。日文中「人間」意為人，「人間失格」即喪失做人的資格。

The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan. Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against …