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A good way to see if Dazai is for you

I read this because it's free and only 6 pages long, and you should too. Osamu Dazai is an iconic Japanese author I've been wanting to read for awhile so this was a good first introduction. The story is about a young woman waiting at a train station and it's quite atmospheric. It's more about the mood than the physical situation. It uses slightly older language than you'll find in modern Japanese, but it's more familiar than early 1900's works like Natsume Soseki's.