A review by lifepluspreston
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

4.0

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai--It's unsurprising that this is a classic in Japan. This is framed as a series of journals documenting the life of a man living a rather ordinary life. But in its matter-of-fact banality, there's a lot of power. The protagonist feels lost in a world that's both changing and drawing folks toward conformity. The feeling of isolation or alienation is universal, a first principle that this gets at well. Thumbs up.