East Asian Literary Fiction

Run, Melos! and Other Stories

by Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai's collection features his famous title story alongside other tales exploring loyalty, betrayal, despair, and fleeting hope. With sharp psychological insight and lyrical prose, Dazai renders the human condition in all its fragility and beauty.

More East Asian Literary Fiction

• Hunger — Choi Jin-young
• The Temple of the Golden Pavilion — Yukio Mishima
• Please Look After Mom — Kyung-Sook Shin
• Bestiary — K-Ming Chang
• Sanshirō — Natsume Sōseki
• Girls in the Dark — Rikako Akiyoshi
• Death's End — Cixin Liu
• The Eyes Are the Best Part — Monika Kim

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