No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
4.5/5 rating Genre: Novella, Adult Literary Fiction Trigger Warnings: Grooming, Incest, Rape, Suicide, Suicide Ideation, Depression, Death, Addiction, Abuse, Classism "People talk of 'social outcasts.' The words apparently denote the miserable losers of the world the vicious ones, but I feel as though I have been a 'social outcast' from the moment I was born. If ever I meet someone society has designated as an outcast, I invariably feel affection for him and emotion which carries me away in melting tenderness" (Dazai 67). Have you ever read a book where you felt the author was writing your thoughts? A moment when you sit and ask how the author could understand you so well? Have you ever felt your heart sink for the author? Wished to grab them, and pull them into a hug. Reminding them they are not alone, but wondering if those words would even effect them. No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai is a novella of a young boy named Oba Yozo. This young man ...