No Longer Human

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No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptation anime adaptation ⓘ
film adaptation ⓘ
manga adaptation ⓘ
stage adaptation ⓘ
author Osamu Dazai ⓘ
consideredOneOfAuthorMajorWorks true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
criticalReputation seminal work of modern Japanese literature ⓘ
endingTone tragic ⓘ
englishTitle No Longer Human ⓘ
genre autobiographical fiction ⓘ
existentialist fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation true ⓘ
influencedBy Osamu Dazai's personal experiences ⓘ
inspired numerous later adaptations and reinterpretations ⓘ
literaryMovement Shōwa era Japanese literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Ōba Yōzō NERFINISHED ⓘ
motif clowning to hide inner pain ⓘ
notebooks as life record ⓘ
narrativeDevice confessional writing ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor bleak portrayal of postwar Japanese society ⓘ
intense psychological introspection ⓘ
originalLanguage Japanese ⓘ
protagonistOccupation failed artist ⓘ
protagonistTrait chronic sense of otherness ⓘ
publicationYear 1948 ⓘ
publisher Chikuma Shobō ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor The Setting Sun ⓘ
romanizedTitle Ningen Shikkaku ⓘ
serializedIn Shinchō ⓘ
setting Japan ⓘ
structure three notebooks and an epilogue ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme addiction ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
depression ⓘ
despair ⓘ
identity crisis ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
social isolation ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
titleInJapanese 人間失格 ⓘ

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Osamu Dazai → notableWork → No Longer Human ⓘ
Buraiha → hasNotableWork → No Longer Human ⓘ
No Longer Human → englishTitle → No Longer Human ⓘ