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No Longer Human

byOsamu Dazai, Junji Ito

Genres: Drama Graphic Novels

Who is this book for? Readers interested in psychological drama and themes of alienation.

Topics Family traditionsIdentity crisisCultural clashExistentialismAlienationPsychological strugglesSocial normsAristocratic societyEastern-western influencesHuman conditionIdentitySocial Life and Customs

MoodMelancholic, Reflective

ViolenceMild

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. 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)

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Published on

01/01/1973

Pages

196

Format

eBook

ISBN

9780811220071

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