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The Flowers of Buffoonery

By Osamu Dazai

The Flowers of Buffoonery Essays & Short Stories

The Flowers of Buffoonery

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Description
The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanatorium where Yozo Oba-the narrator of No Longer Human at a younger age-is being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his friends and family visit him, and other patients and nurses drift in and out of his room. Against this dispiriting backdrop, everyone tries to maintain a light-hearted, even clownish atmosphere: playing cards, smoking cigarettes, vying for attention, cracking jokes and trying to make each other laugh. While No Longer Human delves into the darkest corners of human consciousness, The Flowers of Buffoonery pokes fun at these same emotions: the follies and hardships of youth, of love and of self-hatred and depression. A glimpse into the lives of a group of outsiders in pre-war Japan, The Flowers of Buffoonery is a darkly humorous and fresh addition to Osamu Dazai's masterful and intoxicating oeuvre.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
92
Release Date:
2023-03-07
Publication Date:
2023-03-07
Publisher:
Norton & Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0811234541
ISBN13:
9780811234542
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
120 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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