Blue Bamboo: Tales by Dazai Osamu

I got into osamu Dazai off of a anime but this book was very good and I recommend buying it!

Loved so much I bought a physical copy to pass along. And to me that is the highest praise of a book. I love it so much I will buy it only for others to enjoy. I have some of the youngest daughter in !me

Literally everything about this book is great I totally recommend it. The quality is great too

I loved how all the were written. They were all very interesting😊. I especially loved the story abt the lady who turned into a flower. It was by far the most interesting.

not finished but so far its pretty good. delivered well and yeah

You really have to know Dazai. Read some of his other books, like The Setting Sun or Almost Human and you will get a very good idea of his style. He is not for everyone.

Great stories and came in good packaging

Simple tales in fantasy world, sometimes retakes the characters fom one story and uses them in another. Great Reading, leaves you in high spirits.

love it so much amazing quality just like its new

Ich liebe Dazai. Dieses Buch ist eine Leseempfehlung, wie alles, wo Dazai Osamu auf dem Cover steht. Die Geschichten eignen sich auch gut als Einstieg in die Welt der japanischen Literatur.

Well, this is not what I expected from the author of 'No Longer Human'. Most of the stories here are Dazai's versions of old fairy tales and the like. The first and last feature the kind of quirky family you might expect to find in a Wes Anderson film. The children amuse themselves by composing chain stories, and each child's chapter reflects their own individual character. The family are quite endearing, while the first story is the stronger of the two as the last one ends up being largely a retelling of the Rapunzel story.My least favourite story here was actually 'Blue Bamboo' itself, which I thought contained too much tiresome moralising. However, I thoroughly enjoyed all the other stories, including 'At Heidelberg', an autobiographical piece which is the odd one out in the collection. 'Taro the Wizard' (the first part of 'Romanesque') has quite the funniest twist.The translation reads extremely well throughout and I'd recommend this to anyone looking for something light and fun which is also unusual and well-written.

A must have for Dazai fans! BSD character or author alike