Now in paperback with an introduction by Neil Gaiman:  The first English translation of this classic Japanese novel about finding one’s place in the world reveals the coming-of-age story featured in anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, The Boy and the Heron. 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, where it has sold more than two million copies, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has been an important book for Academy Award-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki, and the protagonist reads the novel in the Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron. 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.