Revered throughout the world, the Japanese classic Kojiro Serizawa was born in 1896 in a fishing village. The father and mother, fanatical adherents of the Tenri religious teachings, abandoned the child in early childhood. A man of unyielding will, Serizawa overcame all the trials that befell him, entered the University of Tokyo, and then studied in France. Having fallen ill with tuberculosis in Paris and struggling with death, he realized and formulated his purpose in literature - “to express in words the ineffable will of God.” His novel “Dying in Paris” was nominated for the Nobel Prize. In 1965, Serizawa succeeded Yasunari Kawabata as chairman of the Japanese PEN Club. The Book of Man, following The Book of God, continues the famous trilogy of Kojiro Serizawa, created by him in the last years of his life. At the center of “The Book of Man,” built on events both real and mystical, are reflections on how one must live in order to meet one’s divine destiny.