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The-Flowers-of-Buffoonery opens-in-a-seaside-sanitarium-where-Yozo-Oba-—-the-narrator-of No-Longer-Human —-is-convalescing-after-a-failed-suicide-attempt.-Friends-and-family-visit-him,-and-nurses-and-police-drift-in-and-out-of-his-room.-Against-this-dispiriting-backdrop,-Yozo-and-his-visitors-try-to-maintain-a-lighthearted,-even-clownish-atmosphere:-playing-cards,-smoking-cigarettes,-vying-for-attention,-cracking-jokes,-and-trying-to-make-each-other-laugh.-Dazai-is-known-for-delving-into-the-darkest-corners-of-human-consciousness,-but-in The-Flowers-of-Buffoonery he-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-fresh-and-darkly-humorous-addition-to-Osamu-Dazai’s-masterful-and-intoxicating-oeuvre.
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