[DeepL Translation - needs review] The younger brother with a fukusuke-head who dreamily eats souvenirs after being woken up by his father on his way home from a party, the voice of his father overbearing over his mother, the feeling of going to class on the first day of his new school, the busy New Year's Day in our house with many visitors, the school homework he cried over a warm hot rice bowl, the nostalgic "balls and wafers" he ate for snacks, the day he went out to Ginza, his first job...
Interesting, but a challenge.
I'm only partially through reading the book, but here are my thoughts so far.
I think the book is interesting and gives some insight into a Japanese person's life from several decades ago. However because of that, it tends to use some difficult kanji and Japanese. It can also be hard to understand because we don't have the context of old customs or the vocabulary common for this time period.
I would still recommend this book, but keep in mind that it might be a struggle.