No Longer Human A Novel Original by Osamu dazai - 9780811204811

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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Product details
Format Paperback | 176 pages
Dimensions 132 x 206 x 13mm | 245g
Publication date 01 Jan 2020
Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publication City/Country New York, United States
Language English
Edition Statement Revised ed.
ISBN10 0811204812
ISBN13 9780811204811
Bestsellers rank 64