Weiyong's Wife
About This Novel
"Weiyong's Wife" is a collection of short stories by Osamu Dazai, and the book of the same name is Dazai's masterpiece. "Wei Yong's Wife" is a metaphor for "the wife of a wanton man". A woman kept the family together and worked as a maid to pay off her husband's debts when her husband became an alcoholic, owed money, eloped with a woman, and finally committed suicide by diving into the water. In 2009, at the 33rd World Film Festival held in Montreal, Canada, the film "Villon's Wife" directed by Negishi Yoshitaro and starring Matsu Takako and Asano Tadanobu won the Best Director Award.
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Official(6)Scraped 2mo ago
Every time I read Osamu Dazai, I feel an indescribable heaviness.
Once a man loses his virtue and responsibility, the more talented he is, the more he becomes a woman's nightmare.
Once a man loses his virtue and responsibility, the more talented he is, the more he becomes a woman's nightmare.
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It's the moonlight.
A lot of Japanese literature is good
The work is good, tactful, smooth and readable. Highly recommended.
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Official(6)Scraped 2mo ago
Every time I read Osamu Dazai, I feel an indescribable heaviness.
Once a man loses his virtue and responsibility, the more talented he is, the more he becomes a woman's nightmare.
Once a man loses his virtue and responsibility, the more talented he is, the more he becomes a woman's nightmare.
Like(≧▽≦)/
It's the moonlight.
A lot of Japanese literature is good
The work is good, tactful, smooth and readable. Highly recommended.
