Self-Portraits: Stories

by Osamu Dazai

"Art dies the moment it acquires authority." So said Japan's quintessential rebel writer Osamu Dazai, who, disgusted with the hypocrisy of every kind of establishment, from the nation's obsolete aristocracy to its posturing, warmongering generals, went his own way, even when that meant his death--and the death of others. Faced with pressure to conform, he declared his individuality to the world--in all its self-involved, self-conscious, and self-hating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811232263
• ISBN13: 9780811232265
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"