/lit/ - Literature

His war memoirs themselves, The Italian War as seen by a Japanese, are written as an epistolary novel. Mostly he describes different things he witnesses on the battle field, small moments of beauty and meditations about that. Even though he's Japanese you can't help but feel full of pride for Italy while you read his writing. Shimoi is one of those people who is both cosmopolitan and nationalistic, and he mentions several times that he considers Italy his second home. It's very touching, and all of his soldier buddies asked to contribute to his book so they could write about how Shimoi is a true patriot and a true friend of Italy.