No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene Callie Hart The manuscript is a riveting

The manuscript is a riveting revisionist history

”—Vonda Wright

She wants simple

A rollicking narrative in the most evocative of settings

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene Callie Hart The manuscript is a rivetingThe 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. 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. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood,