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(★)(Translated by Donald Keene)(´NI-0295´ es la version renovada.)(Titulo original : 人間失格 [Ningen shikkaku]／ ´No Longer Human´ is the story of a young man caught between the disintegration of the traditions of his aristocratic provincial family and the impact of modern Western ideas. Largely autobiographical, ´No Longer Human´ explores Dazai´s feeling of being ´disqualified from being human´ [the literal translation of the original title] --a sense of loss and anomie that remains strong in Japan even today among those who struggle to reconcile their attachments to tradition with the necessities of living in a global economy.／ ◆Osamu Dazai is the pen name of Shuji Tsushima[津島修治,1909-1948], the scion of a wealthy landowning family in Aomori. He began writing short stories while attending Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied French literature before dropping out to write full-time. A leading light of the Japanese avant-garde, he gained wide recognition after the war for his pessimistic novels, which skewered the social establishment, while exploring the possibility of redemption for the misplaced people with whom he so closely identified. After numerous attempts over a span of twenty years, Dazai died, in a double suicide, shortly after the completion of ´No Longer Human´.) |
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