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Translation of: Ningen shikkaku.
Reprint of the 1958 ed.
"Tells the poignant and fascinating semi-autobiographical story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas.. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a 'clown' to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.."--Publisher.
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New Directions paperbook
357
PUBLISHED
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1973.
Year Published: 1973
Description: 177 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780811204811
0811204812
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Keene, Donald,
SUBJECTS
Men -- Japan -- Fiction.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.
Japanese fiction.