No Longer Human (ePub)

No Longer Human is the representative of Japan's post-war literary peak figure Dazai Osamu, describing the whole life of one person who cannot adapt to the reality and evaded the entire world. Yozo Oba, the protagonist of the novel, is a young man who was pure in his heart while also cowardly. Growing up in a wealthy upper family, he was handsome, lovable, the lucky in the eyes of others. But he did not feel the beauty of the life. He cannot adapt to the environment and people around him. In order to draw attention and devotion to others, he pretended to be cheerful and lively while actually he was obscure and gloomy inside. He lived in deceitful ways. Later, Yozo met Hori Mori who was completely degenerate. Horiki was like a poisonous snake from Eden that opened the door to the hell for him. From then on, Yozo, who had lost the hope for life, became more addicted to wine and women. He degenerated beyond redemption... No Longer Human means "e;losing the qualification of being a human"e;. The protagonist fled the world because he could not adapt to the ugly and cruel reality, believing that he "e;lost the qualification of being a human"e;. In addition to No Longer Human, the book also contains the author's most important masterpieces Sun, Wife of Vientiane and Run, Melles.