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Run, Melos!
Osamu Dazai
Returning home for his sister's wedding, Melos leaves his friend as a hostage and races toward his deadline.
It moves breathlessly between trust and doubt.
A direct, propulsive story for a week when you want to read in one go.
Why read it now
Its momentum can restore the rhythm of reading when you need a story to pull you forward.
Before reading
Dazai reworks Schiller's 'The Hostage' into a tale of trust and hesitation.
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