Mentally Taking A Drag Of My Mental Cigarette Because I Don’t Smoke But Life Has Been Very Smokable

Retrogression by Dazai Osamu is the #1 New Release in Japanese Literature!

"This book aims to piece together the fractured and disorderly lifestyle of one of history's greatest romantics and pairs it with a particular moment in his life; losing the Akutagawa Prize. The ensuing drama that unfolded through private letters, newspaper articles, diaries, obituaries, and fiction created a scandal that disturbed the early Showa literati with its coarse and indecent honesty. Dazai's fiction, fiction about Dazai, speculation and reality intertwined to create an explosive event that not only changed the desired trajectory of his life but also raised issues of discrimination within prominent literary circles and the treatment of mental illness in 1930s Japan." - From the Introduction by translator A. L. Raye

Retrogression also includes annotations and background information on every story, letter, diary, and eulogy, adding history and insights that are difficult to find available in other English translations so far.

You can find more information and free translations on Yobanashi Café. Retrogression is available for purchase in either paperback or eBook format on Amazon.

The best way to a man’s heart is through the fifth left intercostal space at the midclavicular line

“A good friend finds you in the dark and carries you back to the light.”

— Darlene Schacht

the moon looks beautiful today

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I'm dostoevski's ridiculous man

does anyone else have "I can't forgive you, but I trust you" living in their heads rent free or is that just me

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Uluru blackh●le rise, me, pixel art, 2022

@academia-lucifer

and yet you hesitate.