
The Story of a Pet Dog
By Osamu Dazai
2017
First Published
3.86
Average Rating
16
Number of Pages
Is a dog truly man's best friend? This story is one man's struggle with that question.
Avg Rating
3.86
Number of Ratings
150
5 STARS
27%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
23%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
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Osamu Dazai
Author · 58 books
Osamu DAZAI (native name: 太宰治, real name Shūji Tsushima) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan. With a semi-autobiographical style and transparency into his personal life, Dazai’s stories have intrigued the minds of many readers. His books also bring about awareness to a number of important topics such as human nature, mental illness, social relationships, and postwar Japan.