No longer human

by Dazai, Osamu

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Oba Uzo is a young man caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentally, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness. -- adapted from back cover.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :No longer human / by Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene.

Summary

Oba Uzo is a young man caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentally, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness. -- adapted from back cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1958

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):New Directions
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1958

Notes

Translation of Ningen shikkaku.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (177 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1330622486
  • LC Classification:PL825.A8
  • Dewey Decimal:895.635

Subjects

Fiction Japan Japan -- Fiction

Writers

Dazai, Osamu Keene, Donald

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