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{"p":["“Art dies the moment it acquires authority.” So said Japan’s quintessential rebel writer Osamu Dazai, who, disgusted with the hypocrisy of every kind of establishment, from the nation’s obsolete aristocracy to its posturing, warmongering generals, went his own way, even when that meant his death—and the death of others. Faced with pressure to conform, he declared his individuality to the world—in all its self-involved, self-conscious, and self-hating glory. “Art,” he wrote, “is ‘I.’”",{"em":"fit in and do as you are told"},{"em":["No Longer Human","The Setting Sun","The Flowers of Buffoonery"]}]}The book, Self-Portraits: Stories [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780811232265 in Paperback by Osamu Dazai may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
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