| No Longer Human Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dazai, Osamu (Author), Keene, Donald (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811204812 ISBN-13: 9780811204811 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1973 Annotation: This story tells 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 58009509 |
| Lexile Measure: 1070 |
| Series: New Directions Book. |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dazai, Osamu: - Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) was a 20th century Japanese novelist. |