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No longer human / by Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene.

$1!9&!:w!G4(B, By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: New Directions paperbook ; 357.Description: 177 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780811204811
  • 0811204812
Uniform titles: $1!0d!^U!9+!DU(B. English Uniform titles:
  • Ningen shikkaku. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 895.63/44 23
  • Fic D2785n
LOC classification:
  • PL825.A8 A2 1973
Summary: "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
Item type: Book
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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

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