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product_id: 457882757
title: "The Flowers of Buffoonery"
price: "78.43 DT"
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reviews_count: 13
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# The Flowers of Buffoonery

**Price:** 78.43 DT
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Flowers of Buffoonery
- **How much does it cost?** 78.43 DT with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

For the first time in English, Osamu Dazai’s hilariously comic and deeply moving prequel to No Longer Human 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.

Review: Different than No Longer Human - Even though the story follows the same "protagonist" from No Longer Human, it is written in a much different narrative. The protagonist is explored in third person narrative now as opposed to the first person narrative in No Longer Human, and the narrator is self-aware and highly critical of themselves, which acts somewhat as comic relief. Overall I'd say this book is worth the read, it's a very slim read, funny, sad, and with memorable characters with their own distinct personalities that they feel like real people.
Review: Love! - I enjoyed reading this book!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #42,712 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #899 in Short Stories (Books) #1,094 in Classic Literature & Fiction #2,574 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 578 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Different than No Longer Human
*by B***E on January 14, 2026*

Even though the story follows the same "protagonist" from No Longer Human, it is written in a much different narrative. The protagonist is explored in third person narrative now as opposed to the first person narrative in No Longer Human, and the narrator is self-aware and highly critical of themselves, which acts somewhat as comic relief. Overall I'd say this book is worth the read, it's a very slim read, funny, sad, and with memorable characters with their own distinct personalities that they feel like real people.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love!
*by J***Z on December 27, 2025*

I enjoyed reading this book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not a hard cover
*by J***M on December 28, 2023*

Bought this as a gift, came quickly and is light. Was told it was a good read.

## Frequently Bought Together

- The Flowers of Buffoonery
- The Setting Sun (New Directions Book)
- No Longer Human

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*Last updated: 2026-06-02*