No Longer Human:Confessions of a Faulty Man
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Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life/ Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar crisis of Japanese cultural identity. Framed by an epilogue and prologue, the story is told in the form three notebooks left by Ōba Yōzō, whose calm exterior hides his tormented soul.Osamu DAZAI was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan.Japanese novelist and a master storyteller, who became at the end of World War II the literary voice and literary hero of his generation. Dazai's life ended in double-suicide with his married mistress. In many books Dazai used biographical material from his own family background, and made his self-destructive life the subject of his books.
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Author
Osamu Dazai
Pages
108
Publisher
Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Published Date
2020-01-14
ISBN
PKEY:SMP2300000141009
Ratings
Google: 5
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"I read this in class. Worst decision EVER. I held back my tears reading as the book was closing its ends. I felt as if a part of me was lost, like when u watch a car crash, you can’t look away. A terrible tragedy took place in your eyes but even so you continue to watch as it unravels. My heart ached. Tw for the following: suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, rape, molestation of children, etc. Happy reading everyone."
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