No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

Description Mine has been a life of much shame. I cant even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazais No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His 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. Customers Also Liked Related products Osamu Dazai’s The Setting Sun: The Manga Edition by Osamu Dazai What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge Reviews