No Longer Human
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.
Am I Alone?Dark & BroodingHeartbreakingQuietly DevastatingWho Am I?The mask of performative joyAlienation from human natureThe cruelty of social norms
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