No Longer Human
E717981
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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
anime adaptation
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film adaptation ⓘ manga adaptation ⓘ stage adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Osamu Dazai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredOneOfAuthorMajorWorks | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | seminal work of modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| endingTone | tragic ⓘ |
| englishTitle | No Longer Human NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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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
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notebooks as life record ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | confessional writing ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak portrayal of postwar Japanese society
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intense psychological introspection ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | failed artist ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | chronic sense of otherness ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chikuma Shobō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | The Setting Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanizedTitle | Ningen Shikkaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serializedIn | Shinchō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three notebooks and an epilogue ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
addiction
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alienation ⓘ depression ⓘ despair ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ social isolation ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| titleInJapanese | 人間失格 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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