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How do you live? The novel inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron, will have a paperback release in English on September 12, as announced by Hachette Book Group. The book was written by Genzaburo Yoshino, translated into English by Bruno Navasky and first published in October 2021 in hardcover and e-book editions.
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Paperback Edition How Do You Live? will be sold for $12.95. The book also has a foreword by Neil Gaiman, who wrote the English adaptation of Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke. The Hachette Book Group describes the plot as follows:
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First published in 1937, the book How Do You Live by Genzaburo Yoshino? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a classic for young readers. The novel is told in two voices. The first belongs to the fifteen-year-old Copper, who after the death of his father faces enormous and inevitable change, including the betrayal of his own best friend. Between episodes in Copper’s emerging story, his uncle keeps a diary for him, sharing knowledge and offering advice on life’s big questions as Copper begins to encounter them. Throughout the story, Copper, like his name Copernicus, looks up at the stars and uses his discoveries about heaven, earth, and human nature to answer questions about where he will live. how.
Hayao Miyazaki The Boy and the Heron premiered in Japan in July this year. Although it has the original Japanese title (Kimitachi wa dou ikiru ka?) with Yoshino’s novel, it is not a direct adaptation, but instead, it demonstrates the importance of the book to Yoshino’s life. Miyazaki, especially in childhood. The film will have its international premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Source: Press release
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