Journal of my love and death with Osamu Dazai photo source Alice Books
A special episode of a tragic love and an absolute editorial premiere
We are talking about the “Journal of my love and death with Osamu Dazai”, a unique literary document, written by Tomie Yamazaki – the woman who loved and died with the legendary Japanese author.
Translated for the first time in a foreign language and published in Romania by Alice Books Publishing House, the journal offers a heartbreaking testimony of the last months of Dazai’s life, a love that has challenged conventions and a death that has become symbolic.
At the interviews the truth we enter the backstage of this disturbing book, together with Andreea Verde, PR Manager Alice Books.
Andreea will tell us who was a tommy, how she influenced Dazai’s career and what this final confession means for contemporary literature.
And also from Andreea we find out:
What represents the “Journal of my love and death with Osamu Dazai” and why is such a special editorial appearance?
How did this book be published in Romania, before any other country in the world?
Who was Yamazaki tomato and how did her life intersect with the destiny of Osamu Dazai?
What do we find out of the journal about the human and fragile side of Osamu Dazai?
What kind of love is detached from its journal – a romantic, obsessive, sacrifice?
How was this journal built? Is it a confession, a chronicle, a farewell letter?
What are the most disturbing moments that the diary is played in the journal?
What symbolism does the red rope have tied before suicide?
How did the translator Iolanda Prodan succeed in playing the sensitivity of the original text?
What impact can this book have on contemporary Romanian readers?
Why do you think contemporary literature needs such brutal and sincere testimonies?
How does this appearance in the philosophy of Alice Books Publishing House fall?
What is the main message this book leaves to today’s reader?
What other titles prepare the publishing house that opens up uncomfortable, but necessary conversations in modern literature?
