No Longer Human

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Translated from the Japanese.
Translation of Ningen shikkaku vol. 1-3.
Reads from right to left.
"Original Japanese edition published by Shogakukan"--Colophon.
Parental advisory: "Rated M for adults only. This volume contains mature themes and graphic depictions"--Colophon.
"No longer human, by Osamu Dazai, translation by Donald Keene, copyright ©1958"--Colophon.
"'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
Contents: Ningen shikkaku.

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a good combo submitted by charbutcool on July 8, 2022, 11:00pm for anyone who's familiar with the work of junji ito, this one should come as no surprise in its quality when combined with the disconnected tone of the classic, no longer human, generating a sense of visual unease. it's not his best work - too normal to be - but worthwhile nonetheless!

Beautifully illustrated graphic novel submitted by s3ankewn on June 17, 2023, 9:07am Beautifully illustrated, and a disturbingly good disturbing story.