No Longer Human

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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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780811204811
Published: February 1973

Number of pages: 176
Width: 132 mm
Height: 203 mm
Depth: 13 mm

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation