The flowers of buffoonery / by Osamu Dazai ; translated by Sam Bett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dazai, Osamu, 1909-1948, author.

Contributor:

Bett, Sam, 1986- translator.

Standardized Title:

Dōke no hana. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Artists--Fiction.

Artists.

Suicidal behavior--Fiction.

Suicidal behavior.

Genre:

Medical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

96 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2023.

Summary:

"The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium 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 lighthearted, 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 prewar Japan, The Flowers of Buffoonery is a darkly humorous and fresh addition to Osamu Dazai's masterful and intoxicating oeuvre"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"A New Directions paperbook."

"NDP1552"--Spine.

Translated from the Japnese.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780811234542

0811234541

OCLC:

1333268156

Publisher Number:

99994027422