Dazai, Osamu,  1909-1948, <br/><br/>
No longer human / 
Osamu Dazai ; a new translation by Juliet Winters Carpenter. 
 - 159 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Japanese. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9784805317426 4805317426 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023942458 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Youth--Japan--Fiction.<br/>Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.<br/>Suicidal behavior--Fiction.<br/>Aliénation (Psychologie sociale)--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Social life and customs--Fiction.<br/>Japon--Mœurs et coutumes--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Psychological fiction.<br/>Novels.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL825.A8  / N513 2023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>895.63 DAZ  / 21570