Literary Fiction
by Osamu Dazai
Yozo's confessions trace a life of alienation, from childhood masks of clownishness to adult self-destruction. Dazai's semi-autobiographical masterwork is a harrowing descent into shame, addiction, and the inability to connect with the human world. Unflinching and devastating, it remains one of Japan's most profound examinations of existential despair.
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