No Longer Human
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1973, ©1958.
Format: Book
Description: 177 pages ; 21 cm.
"Tells the poignant and fascinating semi-autobiographical 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.. 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.."--Publisher.
Series: New Directions paperbook ; 357.
ISBN:
9780811204811
Translation of: Ningen shikkaku.
Reprint of the 1958 ed.
Novel.
Reprint of the 1958 ed.
Novel.