No Longer Human (UK)

No Longer Human Paperback – January 17, 1973 by Osamu Dazai (Author), Donald Keene (Translator), UK.

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.

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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 176 pages
• Dimensions 132 x 206 x 13mm | 245g
• Publication date 17 Jan 1973
• Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Revised ed.
• ISBN10 0811204812
• ISBN13 9780811204811