New Hamlet

Osamu Dazai's mid-mature work An important window to understand the full picture of Dazai's creation: private novels + jokes about current affairs + anecdotes + personal beliefs The candle illuminates the changing events and emotions in the world, and gives insight into the subtle evil and beauty in human nature. "New Hamlet" is Osamu Dazai's first novel. During this period, he interrupted all other work and devoted himself to it. Later, the eldest daughter was born. This book includes: Cricket, Romantic Lantern, Eight Scenes of Tokyo, Owl Communication, Sado, Poverty Story, Philosophy of Dressing, Miss Ayu, Chiyoda, New Hamlet, Notes in the Wind, Who, Shame, etc., Showing different aspects of Dazai's literature. Through one farce after another, His Highness Hamlet becomes more and more middle-class; he incarnates Judas, the sinner of the ages, and secretly tells the hidden secret of betrayal that changes the course of civilization. Candles illuminate the changing events and emotions in the world, and gain insight into the subtle evil and beauty in human nature.