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No longer human

Title
No longer human / Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene.
Author
  • 太宰治, 1909-1948
  • Dazai, Osamu, 1909-1948
Publication
  • New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1973.
  • ©1958

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TextRestricted use Berg Coll 22-758Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Keene, Donald
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Description
177 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
"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 Statement
New Directions paperbook ; NDP357
Uniform Title
  • 人間失格. English
  • Ningen shikkaku. English
Alternative Title
  • 人間失格.
  • Ningen shikkaku.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Men > Japan > Fiction
  • Men
  • Manners and customs
  • Gender identity
  • Japan > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction
  • Japan
Genre/Form
  • Psychological fiction.
  • Autobiographical fiction.
  • Japanese fiction.
  • Fiction.
Note
  • Translation of: Ningen shikkaku.
  • Novel.
  • "A New Directions book" -- title page.
  • "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
  • "First published clothbound by New Directions in 1958" -- title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Carruth, H. New Directions reader
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Audience (note)
  • 1070L
Binding (note)
  • bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Huston.
Call Number
Berg Coll 22-758
ISBN
  • 9780811204811
  • 0811204812
OCLC
1154182
Author
Dazai, Osamu, 1909-1948, author.
Alternate Script for Author
太宰治, 1909-1948,
Alternate Script for Uniform Title
人間失格. English
Title
No longer human / Osamu Dazai ; translated by Donald Keene.
Publisher
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1973.
Copyright Date
©1958
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New Directions paperbook ; NDP357
Indexed In:
Carruth, H. New Directions reader, page 224
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 81
Audience
1070L Lexile
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-758 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Huston. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-758 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Keene, Donald, translator.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998, cover designer.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
LCCN
58009509
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 22-758
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