by Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene (Translator)
Mine has been a life of much shame. I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.
No Longer Human
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Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels 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.
Semi-autobiographical, No Longer Human is the final completed work of Osamu Dazai. Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is a powerful exploration of an individual’s alienation from society.
Additional information
| Book Condition | Used – Good |
|---|---|
| Cover | Paperback |
| Size | 177 pages |
| Published | 2001 by New Directions Publishing |
| Genre | Fiction, Contemporary |
| Awards | William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation from the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies Committee on Japanese Studies |
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