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Genzaburo Yoshino

Praise for How Do You Live?

An important, worthwhile and surprisingly of-the-moment novel ... as timely now as it was in 1937

Asian Review of Books

Heartwarming and empathetic. . . Like the best Miyazaki films, [the] lessons are often deceptively simple, but they have implications for every person who comes of age through adversity.

Vulture

Not easily forgotten. . . Some may feel inclined to affirm an unusual truth: 'I am wiser for having read this book.'

The New York Times Book Review

An important, worthwhile and surprisingly of-the-moment novel ... as timely now as it was in 1937

Asian Review of Books

Heartwarming and empathetic. . . Like the best Miyazaki films, [the] lessons are often deceptively simple, but they have implications for every person who comes of age through adversity.

Vulture

Not easily forgotten. . . Some may feel inclined to affirm an unusual truth: 'I am wiser for having read this book.'

The New York Times Book Review

An important, worthwhile and surprisingly of-the-moment novel ... as timely now as it was in 1937

Asian Review of Books

Heartwarming and empathetic. . . Like the best Miyazaki films, [the] lessons are often deceptively simple, but they have implications for every person who comes of age through adversity.

Vulture

Not easily forgotten. . . Some may feel inclined to affirm an unusual truth: 'I am wiser for having read this book.'

The New York Times Book Review

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Articles featuring Genzaburo Yoshino

How a once-banned Japanese children’s book became a classic – and the next Studio Ghibli film

How a once-banned Japanese children’s book became a classic – and the next Studio Ghibli film

Genzaburo Yoshino’s life-affirming novel How Do You Live? is being adapted to screen by legendary film director Hayao Miyazaki. We take a look at its timeless appeal and subversive past.
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