The Flowers of Buffoonery by Osamu Dazai is truly an exception in Japanese Literature, boldly breaking nearly every rule of the era and exemplifying the deepest basements of Dazai’s psyche. His utilization...

Very few books tackle the existential struggles of living with a mental illness while navigating the trials of teenage life as “Turtles All the Way Down” does. Written by John Green, this piece of...

“To be homeless is to be ignored when people walk past while still being in full view of everyone.”   Tokyo Ueno Station, a speculative historical fiction written by Akutagawa-award-winning...

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano   “The stories and the people in them did sound remarkable. [...] When Sylvie spoke their family history into the air, all she heard was love.”   Hello...

After a long weekend I was able to finish the Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai. I have no words to describe the feeling of inescapable despair and suffering that this book imparts upon its readers. To imagine...