Description
A bleak, searching portrait of a life unmoored from meaning, this novel follows a protagonist drawn toward self-destruction while wrestling with guilt, alienation, and the fragile hope of connection. Across a sequence of encounters and inner reckonings, the story traces how despair can feel both inevitable and strangely intimate—turning everyday moments into moral and emotional battlegrounds. With its stark, unsparing tone and psychological intensity, the book explores themes of nihilism, shame, and the longing to be understood in a world that offers little comfort. Written in a distinctly Dazai style—lyrical yet razor-edged, intimate yet relentlessly honest—it reads like a confession that refuses to resolve, leaving readers to confront the cost of survival and the pull of oblivion.
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Published Jun 25, 2026
ISBN: 9788307034768
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Language
jpn
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Content and trigger warnings for Zatracenie by Osamu Dazai.