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No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar crisis of Japanese cultural identity. Framed by an epilogue and prologue, the story is told in the form three notebooks left by Ōba Yōzō, whose calm exterior hides his tormented soul.
Osamu Dazai was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan.
Japanese novelist and a master storyteller, who became at the end of World War II the literary voice and literary hero of his generation. Dazai's life ended in double-suicide with his married mistress. In many books Dazai used biographical material from his own family background, and made his self-destructive life the subject of his books.
Famous works of the author Osamu Dazai: The Setting Sun, Run, Melos!, Winter's firework, I heard it in this way, No Longer Human, Good-Bye.
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length3 hrs 3 mins
Narrated bySimon Jackson
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 12, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1No Longer Human. Confessions of a Faulty Man - Opening credits
2Introduction
3Part One
4Part Two
5Part Two (continued)
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6Part Three
7Part Three (continued)
8Epilogue
9Osamu Dazai
10No Longer Human. Confessions of a Faulty Man - Closing credits
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