One of this writer's books contains a scene in which the protagonist burns a harmless snake's eggs to stop vipers from hatching because she remembers the snakes present at her father's death.
One of this writer's books contains a scene in which the protagonist burns a harmless snake's eggs to stop vipers from hatching because she remembers the snakes present at her father's death. In a semi-autobiographical novel, this writer created an artist who paints "pretty pictures" for others and "ghost pictures" for himself, and who is put under the care of Flatfish after a double suicide attempt that only he survives. In one of this author's novels, the protagonist discovers the "Moonflower Journal" detailing her brother Naoji's descent into (*) addiction; that novel, set in postwar Japan, concerns Kazuko's decision to look for her old flame Uehara. In his most famous novel, Yozo's morphine addiction leads his relatives to commit him to an insane asylum that signifies the title state of alienation. For 10 points, name this Japanese author of The Setting Sun and No Longer Human.
One of this writer's books contains a scene in which the protagonist burns a harmless snake's eggs to stop vipers from hatching because she remembers the snakes present at her father's death.
{Dazai} Osamu [accept names in either order, but don’t accept or prompt on just “Osamu”]