Will Sargent reviewed Hojoki by Michael Hofmann
Review of 'Hojoki' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
I understand why this book is a classic. This is written by someone who has seen disaster after disaster strike cities, and seen how both the rich and the poor have their own troubles.
And finally, he talks about his simple life. And, at the end, he self-identifies as a hipster -- he knows that his "simple" life is done in imitation of other monks, and that his simple house is built in the style of another monk, and that when it comes down to it, he's not all that modest and humble.
It's clean, and it's honest. You could write this as a series of twitter posts and it would have the same immediate quality to it. Recommended.