AsfeaturedintheOscar-nominatedHayaoMiyazakifilmTheBoyandtheHeron:thecoming-of-agenovelHowDoYouLive?isaJapaneseclassicthatbecomeaNewYorkTimesbestseller,nowwithanintroductionbyNeilGaiman.Afterthedeathofhisfather,fifteen-year-oldCoppermustconfrontinevitableandenormouschange,includingtheaftermathofhisownbetrayalofhisbestfriend.BetweenepisodesofCopper’semergingstory,lettersfromhisuncleshareknowledgeandofferadviceonlife’sbigquestions.LikehisnamesakeCopernicus,Copperlookstothestarsanduseshisdiscoveriesabouttheheavens,earth,andhumannaturetoanswerthequestionofhowhewilllive.Firstpublishedin1937inJapan,GenzaburōYoshino’sHowDoYouLive?haslongbeenanimportantbookforAcademyAward-winninganimatorHayaoMiyazaki(SpiritedAway,Howl’sMovingCastle).PerfectforreadersofphilosophicalfictionlikeTheAlchemistandTheLittlePrince,HowDoYouLive?servesasathought-provokingguideforyoungreadersastheygrowupinaworldbothinfinitelylargeandunimaginablysmall.
