Name: How Do You Live?
SKU: 55583073
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Author: Neil Gaiman

Type

Physical Book

Author

Genzaburo Yoshino

Preface by

Neil Gaiman

Translated by

Bruno Navasky

Publisher

Algonquin Young Readers

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x13.7x1.8 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9781643753072

Synopsis "How Do You Live?"

As featured in the Oscar-nominated Hayao Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron: the coming-of-age novel How Do You Live? is a Japanese classic that become a New York Times bestseller, now with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. After the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Copper must confront inevitable and enormous change, including the aftermath of his own betrayal of his best friend. Between episodes of Copper's emerging story, letters from his uncle share knowledge and offer advice on life's big questions. Like his namesake Copernicus, Copper looks to the stars and uses his discoveries about the heavens, earth, and human nature to answer the question of how he will live. First published in 1937 in Japan, Genzaburō Yoshino's How Do You Live? has long been an important book for Academy Award-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle). Perfect for readers of philosophical fiction like The Alchemist and The Little Prince, How Do You Live? serves as a thought-provoking guide for young readers as they grow up in a world both infinitely large and unimaginably small.

Genzaburo Yoshino

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(1899-1981) was a writer, editor, and journalist. In 1935, writer Yamamoto appointed him chief editor of the series A Library for Young Japanese, consisting of sixteen books. How Do You Live? is the last in the series. How Do You Live? (Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) published in 1937, was his most successful novel and inspired Hayao Miyazaki's film of the same name, translated into Spanish as The Boy and the Heron.

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Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman (Portchester, England, 1960) is one of the most influential and versatile writers in contemporary literature, known for transforming the fantasy genre with his unique imagination and fresh approach to narrative. From a young age, Gaiman showed an intense passion for reading, devouring everything from Tolkien and C.S. Lewis classics to comics, which marked his creative path.

Gaiman began his career as a journalist and was decisively influenced by his encounter with screenwriter Alan Moore, which led him to write comics alongside artist Dave McKean, with whom he created the graphic novel Violent Cases. Later, he was hired by DC Comics to reimagine Sandman, turning a secondary character into a masterpiece of adult comics. He has also collaborated with Terry Pratchett on the novel Good Omens (1990) and has worked as a screenwriter on series like Doctor Who.

Winner of prestigious awards such as the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, and Locus, and a member of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, Neil Gaiman is a versatile author who combines mythology, fantasy, and a unique narrative style, achieving a lasting impact both in literature and popular culture.

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