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mine has been a life of much shame 
 I can't even guess what it must be to live the life 
                      of a human being 

portraying himself as a failure the protagonist of 
 dazai Osamu,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 continues through high school were 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 it's fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness

Table of no longer human by Osamu dazai

Table of contents

Volume 1