[DeepL Translation - needs review] A full-length 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 "Shincho" [1947]. The story centers around four people, the mother, Kazuko, Naoji, and Uehara, and skillfully incorporates Naoji's "Yugao Diary," Kazuko's letters, and Naoji's suicide note. This work has been praised since its publication, and along with "Ningen Shikkaku," it is the pinnacl...
