No longer human /
Dazai, Osamu, 1909-1948,
No longer human / by Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene. - 177 pages ; 21 cm - New Directions paperbook ; 357 . - New Directions paperbook ; 357. .
Translation of: Ningen shikkaku. Novel. "First published clothbound by New Directions in 1958. First published as New Directions Paperbook 357 in 1973"--t.p. verso.
"Tells the poignant and fascinating semi-autobiographical 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. 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."--Publisher
9780811204811 0811204812
Men--Japan--Fiction.
Japan--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
Psychological fiction
Autobiographical fiction
PL825.A8 / A2 1973
895.63/44 Fic / D2785n
No longer human / by Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene. - 177 pages ; 21 cm - New Directions paperbook ; 357 . - New Directions paperbook ; 357. .
Translation of: Ningen shikkaku. Novel. "First published clothbound by New Directions in 1958. First published as New Directions Paperbook 357 in 1973"--t.p. verso.
"Tells the poignant and fascinating semi-autobiographical 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. 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."--Publisher
9780811204811 0811204812
Men--Japan--Fiction.
Japan--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
Psychological fiction
Autobiographical fiction
PL825.A8 / A2 1973
895.63/44 Fic / D2785n