Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

An important book that you’ve probably never heard of

How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

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Cbr16bingo Vintage  This book, published in Japan in 1937, is a classic of Japanese literature and served as the inspiration for the Hayao Miyazaki film “The Boy and The Heron”. This translation by Bruno Navasky is the first time How Do You Live? has been translated into English, and it features an introduction by Neil Gaiman. Genzaburo Yoshino was born in 1899 and earned a degree in philosophy from Tokyo Imperial University. The Japan of his youth was becoming increasingly militaristic and even had “thought […]

“You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?”

How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

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I first put How Do You Live? by Ganzaburo Yoshino in my library queue after seeing a blurb on the internet stating that it is Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite children’s book, and it had only recently been translated into English because he was planning to come out of retirement to adapt the story as his final film. Thinking that this would be a whimsical, quick read, I looked forward to it becoming available in my Libby app.  The story was not what I was expecting, which […]



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