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No longer human, story & art by Junji Ito ; original novel by Osamu Dazai, based on English translation by Donald Keene ; translation & adaptation, Jocelyne Allen ; touch-up art & lettering, James Dashiell

eng

Includes bibliographical references (page 615)

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

Rated M, Mature

novels

No longer human

comics graphic novelsbibliography

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story & art by Junji Ito ; original novel by Osamu Dazai, based on English translation by Donald Keene ; translation & adaptation, Jocelyne Allen ; touch-up art & lettering, James Dashiell

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"'Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.' Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm in arm with death. Osamu Dazai's immortal, and supposedly autobiographical work of Japanese literature is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Ito. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo's mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche."--, Provided by publisher

Yozo Oba -- Clown -- The human female -- Good for nothing -- Outcast -- Tsuneko -- Paradise -- Cold Sweat -- Toad -- Change meeting -- An unexpected visitor -- Fleeting glory -- Tragicomic -- Aspects of human behavior -- The deepest hell -- Spellbound -- Hiroko -- Heaven and hell -- Doubt -- Obsession -- No longer human -- Real name -- Comedy -- Everything passes