Title: Dazai's Twilight, and then Darkness
Product review: This is a powerful novel depicting a nation in social and moral crisis. The language is a beautiful read. The subject is depressing. The main character, Kazuko, discovers striking insights to life that offer a pessimistic view. This is Osamu Dazai's way to describe what is wrong with the world. I don't agree with some of his thinking (but my thinking is, like Dazai's, subject to our historical context). I do feel the desperation behind his intentions... the confusion of a new world with old codes... a need for revolution... both socially and morally. His mindset reflects those of Japanese in transition.What's most intriguing is that this is how Dazai felt. Apparently, the suicide note in the novel is based on one of his [unsuccessful attempts]. It may reflect Japan morals, society and literature, but at a more personal level, it reflects Dazai's own demons tugging and pulling.
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