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(4.20/5)FANTASTIC ADVENTURE
I really enjoyed reading this book although it's depressing. I really learned something new I guess
The most-sold japanese novel of all time. Some of those feelings Dazai shares, about his childhood, about his disconnect with the world in general, i found to be incredibly on point. The whole thing is sort of pseudo-autobiographical, much like Mishima's 仮面の告白, so he uses a different name, twists his own life around a bit, but it's still about him of course. And i've probably never read a more personally relatable book than this one. Not even so much regarding the greater context of his life, but the many small details that i have never seen anyone else express as accurately as Dazai.
Language wise Dazai tends to be easier than Mishima or Akutagawa, but there is a bunch of poetry later on that is pretty tricky.
読んだ感想はちょっと表現しづらいです。共感できるところも少しあって、全くわからないところも結構あって、昔の人の価値観だな～って思ったところも多かったけれど、是非とも読んでほしい作品です。
夏目漱石の「こころ」と比べて、語彙が簡単な方だと思うけど逆に複雑な長い文章が多くて、どっちの方が難しいかがあまり判断つきません。初心者の方にはちょっとおすすめできないけど、ある程度日本語に馴染みがある人だったら是非。
(7.04.2026) 約一年間後の再読です。 前と比べて、意外と読むスピードが落ちたんですけど、逆に理解度は結構上がった気がする。ゆっくり読んだせいではあるかもしれないけど。 綺麗な表現なども多く、人間的に不可解なところも多少あったけど、やはり読むべきですね。