No longer human
Dazai, Osamu, 1909-19481973
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Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's novel narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His 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.
Main title:
No longer human / Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene.
Author:
Dazai, Osamu, 1909-1948, authorKeene, Donald, translator
Imprint:
New York : New Directions Books, 1973.
Collation:
176 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9780811204811 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.6344G
LC class:
PL825.A8
Local class:
JCYAF
Language:
EnglishJapanese
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BRN:
3088550
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