No Longer Human
No Longer Human
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Author
Author
Osamu Dazai / Осаму Дазай
Dimension
Dimension
132x203mm (5,2'x8')
ISBN
ISBN
9780811204811
Format
Format
Paperback
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
176
Publisher
Publisher
New Directions
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
1973
No Longer Human
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 No Longer Human 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.
Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is an important and unforgettable modern classic: “The struggle of the individual to fit into a normalizing society remains just as relevant today as it was at the time of writing.” (The Japan Times)
SPECIFICATIONS:
Author:Osamu Dazai - Осаму Дазай
Publisher:New Directions
Language:English
Publication Date:1973
Number of pages:176 pst
Format:Paperback
Width:132 mm / 5,2'
Height:203 mm / 8'
Weight:243 g
ISBN:9780811204811