Features 11 outstanding works by Osamu Dazai, widely regarded as one of 20th Century Japan's most gifted writers and a master teller of tales. Dazai experimented with a wide variety of short story styles and brought to e...Features 11 outstanding works by Osamu Dazai, widely regarded as one of 20th Century Japan's most gifted writers and a master teller of tales. Dazai experimented with a wide variety of short story styles and brought to each a sophisticated sense of humor, a broad empathy for the human condition, and a tremendous literary talent.