Osamu Dazai, however, was one such figure who didn't fit the saint template. Born in 1909 into a large, wealthy family in Aomori Prefecture, Dazai had a sheltered upbringing, though his mother was ...

A Shameful Life, by Osamu Dazai, Translated by Mark Gibeau.144 pagesSTONE BRIDGE PRESS, Fiction. Today, such a writer might be castigated, condemned and turned into an instant pariah: Perhaps his ...