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基本説明
自閉症の子供がどう世界を感じ、理解し、何を思い、考えているのかを自身の言葉で紡ぎ出し、世界中で話題となった日本人作家東田直樹さん。
本書は英語圏では2作目となる2015年刊行『自閉症の僕の七転び八起き』の英語版です。
前作に続き、自身も自閉症の子供を持つ世界的作家デイヴィッド・ミッチェルが日本人の奥さんと共同で翻訳されています。(2017/07/06)
Full Description
The Sunday Times bestsellerNaoki Higashida met international success with THE REASON I JUMP, a revelatory account of life as a thirteen-year-old with non-verbal autism. Now he offers an equally illuminating insight into autism from his perspective as a young adult. In concise, engaging pieces, he shares his thoughts and feelings on a broad menu of topics ranging from school experiences to family relationships, the exhilaration of travel to the difficulties of speech. Aware of how mystifying his behaviour can appear to others, Higashida describes the effect on him of such commonplace things as a sudden change of plan, or the mental steps he has to take simply to register that it's raining. Throughout, his aim is to foster a better understanding of autism and to encourage those with disabilities to be seen as people, not as problems.With an introduction by David Mitchell, Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight includes a dreamlike short story Higashida wrote for this edition. Both moving and of practical use, the book opens a window into the mind of an inspiring young man who meets the challenges of autism with tenacity and good humour. However often he falls down, he always gets back up.
