"The Weak Rebel" Author: [Japan] Ken'o Okuno Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

Introduction
❁An authoritative biography of Dazai Osamu, the author of "No Longer Human" and "The Setting Sun". One book, analyzing everything about Dazai Osamu!
❁ "I'm sorry for being born a human being" What kind of person is Dazai Osamu? What kind of life did he live? Why can his works resonate with countless readers? A pyramid-like work of Dazai Osamu biography, a classic that countless Dazai fans are eager to pass on. "If you don't read this book, how can you talk about Dazai Osamu!"
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Dazai Osamu, a national novelist and representative of the postwar scoundrel school, created popular masterpieces such as "The Setting Sun", "No Longer Human" and "The Female Apprentice" in his short 39-year career. His words can easily penetrate the readers' inner defenses, making countless young people admire and enchant him and regard him as a spiritual idol.
Dazai Osamu himself has given people the impression of decadence and depravity due to his negative experiences such as multiple suicide attempts, drug addiction, and chaotic relationships between men and women. Weakness, pessimism, and self-destruction are the labels that are firmly engraved on Dazai. However, can he create a classic that transcends time just by relying on his unbearable experiences and weak character? Dazai Osamu, as a real individual, is not so shallow. What kind of person is he? Why can his works attract countless readers to read and resonate deeply?
Okuno Ken'o, a famous Japanese literary critic and authority on Dazai Osamu research, combines detailed information with analysis to clearly present the major and minor events in Dazai Osamu's life, the development and transformation of his thoughts, the tone and variations of the themes of his works, etc. He tells the story of his rebellious life hidden under weakness and affectation, and restores the true face of the writer Dazai Osamu.
【Editor's recommendation】
1. Dazai Osamu is a national novelist in Japan and a representative of the postwar rogue school. His works such as "The Setting Sun" and "No Longer Human" are not only classics in Japan, but also top the bestseller list in China. He is the spiritual standard-bearer of young people, a representative figure of postwar Japanese literature, and a spiritual idol of countless people. What kind of person is Dazai Osamu? What secrets are there in his life that are unknown to outsiders? Why is he still being read and remembered today even though he was active in the last century? One book, analyze everything about Dazai Osamu!
2. Okuno Ken'o is a famous Japanese literary critic, an outstanding researcher of Dazai Osamu and his literature, and has won the highest award in the field of Japanese art, the Order of the Purple Ribbon. This book he wrote deeply interprets Dazai Osamu's personality and thoughts from the perspectives of changes in the times and personal experience. It is an absolutely classic and must-read book in the field of Dazai Osamu research in Japan. "If you don't read this book, how can you talk about Dazai Osamu!"
(A beautiful postcard is included with the book)
About the Author
Takeo Okuno
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1926. A famous Japanese literary critic and honorary professor of Tama Art University. An outstanding researcher of Dazai Osamu and his literature. At the age of 25, he published "On Dazai Osamu" which shocked the literary world and later began literary criticism. In 1984, he won the Tairabayashi Yasuko Literature Award for "The Structure of Space"; in 1986, he won the Japan Institute of Architecture Centennial Cultural Award for "Original Landscape in Literature"; in 1994, he won the Minister of Culture Award for Art Selection for "The Legend of Yukio Mishima". In 1995, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Purple Ribbon. He died in 1997 and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Small Ribbon, Fourth Class.
Translator: Lü Lingzhi
Master of Japanese from Xiamen University, professional translator. Representative translations include Ota Haruko's Towards the Light, Isaka Kotaro's The Rest of My Life Is a Holiday, and Iijima Yuko's Poor Japanese Women.