No Longer Human
Dazai, Osamu1973
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A young man describes his torment as he struggles to reconcile the diverse influences of Western culture and the traditions of his own Japanese heritage. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.
Main title:
No Longer Human / Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene.
Author:
Dazai, Osamu, authorKeene, Donald, translator
Imprint:
New York : New Directions Books, 1973.
Collation:
176 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780811204811
Language:
English
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BRN:
3088550
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