No longer human
by Dazai, Osamu
The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. 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…
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- Full title :No longer human / by Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene.
Summary
The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. 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:©1958
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1958
Notes
Translation of: Ningen shikkaku.
Reprint of the 1958 ed.
Novel.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (177 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780811220071, 0811220079
- oclc:ocn918299153
- LC Classification:PL825.A8
- Dewey Decimal:Fic
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