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No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is No Longer Human about?

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. Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. 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. 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. Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is an important and unforgettable modern classic: "The struggle of the individual to fit into a normalizing society remains just as relevant today as it was at the time of writing." (The Japan Times)

Who reads No Longer Human?

Author

Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780811220071

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Graphic Novel, Comics

Rating

4.06 / 5 (709 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14