[DeepL Translation - needs review] A novel by Osamu Dazai, a novelist of the early Showa period who represented the "Muyori-ha" or "New Caricature School" of doomed writers. First published in "Spare Farewell" [Asahi Shimbun, 1940], in the form of a memoir by an elderly doctor in his 60s, it describes the interaction between Tanaka and Mr. Zhou (later Lu Xun), and how Mr. Zhou pursues a career in literature and art. It is an adaptation of Lu Xun's "Mr. Fujino".
(Translator: DeepL)
