The Easy Life in Kamusari av Shion Miura

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<p><b>From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of <i>The Great Passage</i>, comes a rapturous novel where the contemporary and the traditional meet amid the splendor of Japan’s mountain way of life.</b></p><p>Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.”</p><p>At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life. But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.</p><p>Yuki learns to fell trees and plant saplings. He begins to embrace local festivals, he’s mesmerized by legends of the mountain, and he might be falling in love. In learning