Night Train to the Stars

Night Train to the Stars is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa one of Japans most beloved fantasy novelists Miyazawa is an idealist pledging with his friend Kanai to work for the improved life of farmers Troubled by his familys interest in money making and social status he leaves home after graduating high school to join a Buddhist sect in Tokyo After falling out with a friend and receiving news about his sister reemerging pneumonia he decides to return home where starts his own experimental school teaching new farming methods to young local farmers while also instructing them in music and arts It was only after his death through the help of his brother Seiroku that his writings became widely read