A young man describes his torment as he struggles to reconcile the diverse influences of Western culture and the traditions of his own Japanese heritage This story tells the poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught ...
Deadline-weary comic artist Usamaru Furuya finds and obsesses over the online journal of Oba, a man with whom he constantly compares himself.
Framed by an epilogue and prologue, the story is told in the form three notebooks left by Ōba Yōzō, whose calm exterior hides his tormented soul.
Now in a gift cloth edition, No Longer Human ponders profound alienation
Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is an important and unforgettable modern classic: “The struggle of the individual to fit into a normalizing society remains just as relevant today as it was at the time of ...
This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche. -- VIZ Media
The classic Japanese novel of alienation and the search for meaning and connection in the modern world, in a brilliant new translation—for fans of Salinger, Camus, Sartre, Hesse, and the hit anime series Bungo Stray Dogs, which features a ...
Now told through Furuya's eyes, this tragic tale of loathing and suicide is taken to new levels of dismay.