{"product_id":"no-longer-human-by-osamu-dazai","title":"No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMine has been a life of much shame. I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStill one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is an important and unforgettable modern classic: “The struggle of the individual to fit into a normalizing society remains just as relevant today as it was at the time of writing.” (The Japan Times)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 17 Jan 1973, New Directions \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780811204811\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 176 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57201304961406,"sku":null,"price":11.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780811204811.jpg?v=1775122079","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/no-longer-human-by-osamu-dazai","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}