No longer human
by Dazai, Osamu
Paralleling the life and death of Dazai himself, the weaving of fact and fiction remorselessly documents via journals the life of Yozo, a university student who spends his time in increasing isolation and debauchery. His doomed love affairs, suicide attempts, and constant fear of revealing his true self haunt the pages of the book and reveal a slow descent into madness. This dark tale nevertheless conveys something authentic about the human heart and its inability to find its true bearing.
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- Full title :No longer human / by Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene.
Summary
Paralleling the life and death of Dazai himself, the weaving of fact and fiction remorselessly documents via journals the life of Yozo, a university student who spends his time in increasing isolation and debauchery. His doomed love affairs, suicide attempts, and constant fear of revealing his true self haunt the pages of the book and reveal a slow descent into madness. This dark tale nevertheless conveys something authentic about the human heart and its inability to find its true bearing.
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- Publication Date:1973, ©1958.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):New Directions
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1973, ©1958.
Notes
Translation of Ningen shikkaku.
The Physical Object
- Description:177 pages.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0811204812, 9780811204811
- oclc:ocn978052695
- LC Classification:PL825.A8
- Dewey Decimal:895.635
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