Good-Bye
$26.52
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
4 September 2026
Summary
Here to slake the unquenchable thirst of Dazai’s legions of loyal fans are eleven works of short fiction and vignettes, most of which have never before appeared in English.
Beginning with “Memories” (which tells a tale of teenage love, based on the autobiographical events that inspired Dazai’s famed No Longer Human), and ending with “Good-Bye” (the chapters of a comic romance that the author left unfinished when he took his own life), the short works here show the range and b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780811240499 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0811240495 |
| Author: | Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy |
| Publisher: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Imprint: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 4 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 132mm x 203mm |
You Can Find This Book In
Critics Review
“From the point of view of wholesome common sense, Dazai’s writings may be regarded as the soliloquies of a deviant.” – Yasunari Kawabata
“Dazai was an aristocratic tramp, a self-described delinquent, yet he wrote with the forbearance of a fasting scribe.” – Patti Smith
“What I despise about Dazai is that he exposes precisely those things in myself that I most want to hide.” – Yukio Mishima
Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai (1909-1948)
The author of the global bestseller No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai was famous for confronting head-on the social and moral crises of postwar Japan. He committed suicide by drowning in Tokyo’s Tamagawa Aqueduct.
Ralph McCarthy
Ralph McCarthy has lived in Japan for almost two decades. He is the translator of two collections of stories by Osamu Dazai, “Self Portraits” and “Blue Bamboo,” and of Ryu Murakami’s novel 69.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.