num_pages: 288
description: Anime master Hayao Miyazakis favorite childhood book in English for the first time. First published in 1937 Genzabur Yoshinos How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic for young readers. Academy Awardwinning animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away My Neighbor Totoro Howls Moving Castle) has called it his favorite childhood book and announced plans to emerge from retirement to make it the basis of a final film. How Do You Live? is narrated in two voices. The first belongs to Copper fifteen who after the death of his father must confront inevitable and enormous change including his own betrayal of his best friend. In between episodes of Coppers emerging story his uncle writes to him in a journal sharing knowledge and offering advice on lifes big questions as Copper begins to encounter them. Over the course of the story Copper like his namesake Copernicus looks to the stars and uses his discoveries about the heavens earth and human nature to answer the question of how he will live. This first-ever English-language translation of a Japanese classic about finding ones place in a world both infinitely large and unimaginably small is perfect for readers of philosophical fiction like The Alchemist and The Little Prince as well as Miyazaki fans eager to understand one of his most important influences.
language: English
title: How Do You Live?
publisher: Algonquin Young Readers