A humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families' consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sosuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational expenses of Sosuke's brash younger brother. While an unlikely new friendship appears to offer a way out of this bind, it also soon threatens to dredge up a past that could once again force them to flee the capital.

The Real Osamu Dazai features twenty unforgettable tales—some autobiographical, others fictional—that chart the inner life of one of modern Japan's most brilliant and tormented writers. From darkly comic meditations on fashion and identity to heartrending accounts of childhood, love, and war, Dazai's prose is both timeless and emotionally raw.

Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them—a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the listener a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.

子供のころから無鉄砲な坊っちゃんが四国の旧制中学校に数学の教師として赴任します。着任早々、校長には狸、教頭には赤シャツ、画学の教師には野だいこ、英語の教師にはうらなり、数学の主任教師には山嵐と勝手にあだ名をつけ大騒動を繰り広げます。 曲がったことが大嫌いな『坊ちゃん』の痛快な物語をオーディオブックでお楽しみください。また違った味わいがあります。(C)青空文庫

ペテルブルクに移住した友人に手紙を書いたことを父に報告しにいくゲオルグだが、そこで父から秘密裏に進行していた事情を知らされる。 DAS URTEILからの原田義人による翻訳。