Schoolgirl Audiobook By Osamu Dazai, Allison Markin Powell - translator cover art

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Schoolgirl

By: Osamu Dazai, Allison Markin Powell - translator
Narrated by: Traci Kato Kiriyama
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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.

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This story feels like you're peeking into another's mind. I love the author's quiet thoughtfulness. I love that this story doesn't try to be anything it is not.

Short and introspective

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