/lit/ - Literature

>>15742900
>>15742965
Yep, it's cliche as fuck but god damn it deserves its status as one of the most depressing stories out there. Anyone who has read 'No Longer Human' while in the pits of depression can tell you that it is a simultaneously soul-rending and salvific experience.

unironically this. you gotta wallow in the pits long enough for your eyes to adjust if you want to see the exit

gotta be pic related followed by the sailor who fell from grace with the sea for me

This might be a cliche answer, but it's one of /lit/'s go-to depressing books for a reason

this.

So he is an introspective, Japanese Charles Bukowski who never made it.
Did I miss anything?

Finished reading,
Is it alright to feel shameful for the dumbest reasons? I feel I got no excuses anymore.

What books will help me find comfort in the fact that no one will ever love me? Pic related was alright.

anyone want to discuss no longer human?

what's your take on it? in the translation notes, he claims Yozo was a good person but never saw his good deeds only the bad ones. are they really good deeds if done out of fear? would Yozo be some kind of Hitler if he was given the chance?

Can you reccomend me a novel with a depressing mood that deals with the theme of trying to make someone else the answer to all your problems? Ideally from a man's point of view.

Was he autistic?

Was it literally autism?

>osamu dazai repeatedly tried to convince his lovers into double suicide and after multiple attempts this is how he actually died
guess he's no longer human, huh

>miserable because alienated from society
>alienated from society because miserable

How did Yozu enter this cycle? He seemed normal enough to me; it almost feels like he just enjoyed wallowing in self-pity too much.

I cant read this. Its too accurate

It hurts too much. I am going to burst into treats

Anyone who has read Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human: what was the explanation for the game of antonyms?

I'm referring to this:

> “I had invented one other game of a rather similar character, a guessing game of antonyms. The antonym of black is white. But the antonym of white is red. The antonym of red is black.”
>
> --- Excerpt From: Osamu Dazai. “No Longer Human.”

Explain?

>>12235602
>>12235634
Read this book.

What are some books about actual loners and depressed males, not stuck up cunts who think they are better than everyone else and have literal life changing meltdowns over receiving change when purchasing something at the shop like pic related?

How does this fag keep getting laid?

I can't find the philosophy reading list/order from /lit/. I think it was a google drive document. I lost the link.
Does anyone have it ? I want to go back to the greeks.

I don't get it, was he a incel or was it autism?