![]() ![]() Yozo’s characterized by a few things namely, great fear and self-hatred. ![]() To cope, he develops the persona of a clown, who makes jokes and messes up on purpose so people are amused by his antics–and never look too hard at who he is behind the mask. He feels alienated and different, and says from the very start that he doesn’t consider himself human. Yozo feels disconnected from the people around him because he doesn’t understand them. He describes his early childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, with dry contempt for both himself and the people around him. ![]() The framing device is an unnamed narrator, who was given three photos of a man named Yozo, and three notebooks written by him. ![]() No Longer Human is the story of a man who hates himself, and who has nobody to blame for his tragedy but his own poor choices and poorer circumstances. It’s sad in a quiet, resigned way, where you’ll be left feeling a little bereft and empty after finishing it. I’ll say this right off the bat–it’s sad, terribly so, but not in the way where you’ll be left sobbing after. It’s less of a story with a coherent plot and more the ramblings and digressions of a diary. I’ll be honest, this book was a lot harder to get through than The Setting Sun. ![]()
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