Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human (1948)
“…The front door of another person’s house terrified me more than the gate of Inferno in the Divine Comedy, and I am not exaggerating when I say that I really felt I could detect within the door the presence of a horrible dragon-like monster writhing there with a dank, raw, smell…” –Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human, 1948
Contributed by Camila Aguilar (University of Texas at Austin, ’25)
Sighting Citation:
“Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human (1948).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. April 16, 2022. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/osamu-dazai-no-longer-human-1948/.
Posted April 16, 2022