No longer human
by Dazai, Osamu
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 m…
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- Full title :No longer human
Summary
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
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- Publication Date:1973
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):New Directions
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1973
Notes
Originaltitel: Ningen shikkaku
Originaludgave: [1948]
9. printing, 1973
The Physical Object
- Description:177 sider
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780811204811, 0811204812
- oclc:on1099305636
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