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How do you live? / Genzaburō Yoshino ; translated by Bruno Navasky ; with a foreword by Neil Gaiman.
Fifteen-year-old Copper tries to adjust to life after his father passes away. His uncle writes to him to share his advice and knowledge with the boy.
Record details
- ISBN: 0735271887
- ISBN: 9780735271883
- Physical Description: 280 pages
- Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Puffin Canada, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation originally published: New York : Algonquin Young Readers, 2021. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.99 |
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| Subject: | Fathers > Death > Juvenile fiction. Life change events > Juvenile fiction. Teenage boys > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. |
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- Penguin Putnam
The inspiration behind the Academy Award-winning Studio Ghibli film, The Boy and the Heron â Anime master Hayao Miyazaki's favorite childhood book and a beloved Japanese classic, this uplifting coming-of-age story brings philosophy, history and wonder together, available in English for the first time.
The streets of Tokyo swarm below fifteen-year-old Copper as he gazes out into the city of his childhood. Struck by the thought of the infinite people whose lives play out alongside his own, he begins to wonder, how do you live?
Considering life's biggest questions for the first time after the death of his father, Copper turns to his dear uncle for heart-warming wisdom. As the old man guides the boy on a journey of philosophical discovery, a timeless tale unfolds, offering a poignant reflection on what it means to be human. But when Copper betrays one of his new friends, how will he ask for forgiveness â and how can he forgive himself?
How Do You Live? is the transformative story of a young man who, like his namesake Copernicus, looks to the stars and uses his discoveries to answer the question of what kind of person he will grow up to beâand the inspiration behind Hayao Miyazaki's Academy Award-winning film The Boy and the Heron.
