How do you live? / Genzaburō Yoshino ; translated by Bruno Navasky ; with a forward by Neil Gaiman.
Told in two voices, fifteen-year-old Copper struggles to confront inevitable and enormous change after his father's death and his uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and advice in 1937 Japan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616209773
- ISBN: 1616209771
- Physical Description: 280 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in Japanese: Tokyo : Shinchōsha, 1937. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 9-12. Algonquin Young Readers. Grades 4-6. Algonquin Young Readers. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.8 10 516272. |
Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese "Kimitachi wa dō ikiru ka" by Bruno Navasky. |
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Genre: | Diary fiction. |
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- 12 of 12 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
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- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | J YOSHINO (Text) | 0001002469383 | JUV Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary
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, GenzaburÅ 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.