A Library for Young Japanese Nationals

How Do You Live? By Genzaburo Yoshino Is A Coming-of-age Japanese Classic, An Excerpt: 

In 1935, the writer Genzaburo Yoshino appointed him editor-in-chief of the 16-book series: A Library for Young Japanese Nationals. How Do You Live? is the final book in this series, bringing in themes of Marxism, antimilitarism and Buddhism.