{"product_id":"a-shameful-life-by-osamu-dazai-9781611720440","title":"A Shameful Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsamu Dazai is one of the most famous—and infamous—writers of 20th-century Japan. \u003cem\u003eA Shameful Life\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eNingen shikkaku\u003c\/em\u003e) is his final published work and has become a bestselling classic for its depiction of the tortured struggle of a young man to survive in a world that he cannot comprehend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eParalleling the life and death of Dazai himself, the delicate weaving of fact and fiction remorselessly documents via journals the life of Yozo, a university student who spends his time in increasing isolation and debauchery. His doomed love affairs, suicide attempts, and constant fear of revealing his true self haunt the pages of the book and reveal a slow descent into madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis dark tale nevertheless conveys something authentic about the human heart and its inability to find its true bearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423818137836,"sku":"9781611720440","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/91fBInHqxAL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774431266","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-shameful-life-by-osamu-dazai-9781611720440","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}