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    How Do You Live?
    How Do You Live?
    How Do You Live?
    Audiobook6 hours

    How Do You Live?

    Written by Genzaburo Yoshino and Neil Gaiman

    Narrated by Brian Nishii

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The Japanese classic that has delighted millions of readers, in English for the first time.

    Following the death of his father, Copper, fifteen, faces enormous changes, and he wonders about things he used to take for granted, including his place in the world, friendship and loyalty, and the role of luck and choice in his future.

    Meanwhile, Copper’s uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and offering his advice on life’s big questions as Copper begins to consider what matters most.

    How Do You Live? is a Japanese classic written for young readers and cherished by many for a lifetime. Academy Award–winning animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle) has called it his favorite
    childhood book and announced plans to make it the basis of his expected final film.

    This first-ever English-language edition includes a foreword by fantasy master Neil Gaiman.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    TranslatorBruno Navasky
    Release dateJan 4, 2022
    ISBN9781705056882
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    • 4/5
      This was a hard read for me although it holds great lessons in it. I found myself thinking a lot about what I read but also I don’t think I would read this book again. It is hard to put yourself in the shoes of a boy when you are an adult woman. So that is why I think i struggled at times with this book
    • 5/5
      This lovely novel was both complicated and very simple. It combines a lot of things that may not seem related at all—philosophical musings on morality, intelligence, poverty, and bravery; a story of a boy's school days in the 1930s; the effects of globalization on humans and production; really detailed descriptions of the process of making tofu; a kind of in-depth overview of the life and works of Napoleon... there's a lot going on but it all works! It kept my interest, and reading this now with a historical perspective certain things jumped out as really fascinating, for example: the words highlighting fairness, justice, the need to end poverty worldwide, and respect for laborers—all issues we are still, still struggling with today—from an author who would shortly be ostracized by his increasingly militarized government; and the parallels between the ideas and actions of the bullying older boys at Copper's school and the hallmarks of the way that fascism would shortly rise, and continues to rise, in many societies. This all makes it sound really intense, but really the feeling of the book is primarily coziness. It has a sweet, profound quality that would appeal to those who enjoy works like The Little Prince.