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Self-Portraits By Osamu Dazai, translated by Ralph McCarthy Fiction/New Directions/Paperback/232 pages/$24.16/Amazon SG (amzn.to/3UFkWhf) 4 stars Born in 1909 in Aomori prefecture, the scandalous writer Osamu Dazai, though little known in the Anglophone world, still has a cult-like following in Japan. In life, the decadent romantic was shunned by the Japanese literary community for his drunkenness, addiction to painkillers and generally antisocial behaviour.
An angry, powerful book seething with love and outrage for a community too often stereotyped or ignored. It’s not necessary to have read Dickens’ famous novel to appreciate Kingsolver’s absorbing tale, but those who have will savor the tough-minded changes she rings on his Victorian sentimentality while affirming his stinging critique of a heartless society.
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