グッド・バイ (Good-Bye)

Good-Bye (グッド・バイ) is an unfinished humor novel by Japanese author Osamu Dazai, written in 1948. It was intended for serialization in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper but became his final work, as Dazai died shortly after its completion. The novel is notable for its darkly humorous exploration of life and death, reflecting Dazai's own struggles and the circumstances surrounding his tragic end. The story consists of 13 chapters, with the last being written just before his suicide on his 39th birthday.