A review by joanabotelhogomes
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

5.0

Having spent most of my life in the company of debilitating mental illness, I could relate deeply with Yozo. His agreeableness combined with complete confusion as it relates to how other humans can (by all appearances) *just be* touched me greatly. Yes, his views on women (like the author’s) caused discomfort. But this was was written in 1948, I believe. Are we to read this with modern sensibilities and eyes? I certainly didn’t. I can appreciate this book as a piece of someone’s history and the writing was superb, regardless. I will definitely read more by Dazai.