My Father's Excuse - Rantier Series 16 By Osamu Dazai Kadokawa Shoten, First Edition May 1998 Approximately 11 x 15 cm, Price: ¥1,000, 283 pages After the war, values and authority collapsed, creating a world where bright hopes of "a new era is about to begin" and dark feelings of emptiness of "not knowing what to believe" were intertwined. Dazai became a popular author overnight by successively publishing works that embodied this confusion. Sayings like "I want to think parents are more important than children" and "Family happiness is the root of all evil" were all paradoxes. If you read his novels carefully, you can see how much Dazai cared about children and valued family. However, he was a "sad father" who lacked the ability to balance real life and art. He was an author who sold off his real life to please his readers. The cover shows some yellowing due to aging, but the pages are in good condition, as you can see in the photos. We appreciate your understanding of used books.