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No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai
其他書名
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
出版
Penguin Publishing Group
, 2025-06-10
主題
Fiction / World Literature / Japan
Fiction / Psychological
Fiction / Classics
ISBN
0143137506
9780143137504
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Ey2JEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The classic Japanese novel of alienation and the search for meaning and connection in the modern world, in a brilliant new translation—for fans of Salinger, Camus, Sartre, Hesse, and the hit anime series
Bungo Stray Dogs
and
No Longer Allowed in Another World
, both of which feature a character based on
No Longer Human
’s author, Osamu Dazai
A Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition
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. Semi-autobiographical,
No Longer Human
is the final completed work of one of Japan’s most important writers. It has come to “echo the sentiments of youth” (
The Mainichi Daily News
) from post-war Japan to the postmodern society of technology. Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan,
No Longer Human
is a powerful exploration of an individual’s alienation from society.