Description: 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 grou Book and Mortar Record Store The Flowers of Buffoonery -- Osamu Dazai 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. Author: Osamu Dazai Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Published: 03/07/2023 Pages: 80 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.24lbs Size: 7.97h x 5.28w x 0.26d ISBN: 9780811234542 Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 12/05/2022
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Book Title: Flowers of Buffoonery
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Psychological, Short Stories (Single Author), Linguistics / General
Genre: Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Weight: 3.9 Oz
Author: Osamu Dazai
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
