A review by zquill
How Do You Live?, by Genzaburo Yoshino

4.0

Some of the translation is choppy at first, but it hits its stride soon enough. The choppiness is natural when much of the book cuts back and forth between Copper's life and his uncle's notebook, and I still can't make sense of the second to last chapter's placement (or point, really), BUT the humanity and philosophy in this book are astounding and touching. I can see how it inspired Miyazaki to come out of retirement, again.