Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A young man’s voice from the silence of autism

Higashida, Naoki

ISBN 10: 1444799088 / ISBN 13: 9781444799088

Published by Sceptre, Great Britain, London, 2017

About this Item

Published in July 2017 by Sceptre (an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton), this book serves as the follow-up to Higashida's international bestseller, The Reason I Jump. Naoki Higashida (author), David Mitchell and KA Yoshida (translators). Hardback Condition: Very Good +. Green cloth with white lettering on the spine. Has couple of smudges on the edges (hardly visible though), head and tail of spine a bit bumped, but otherwise crisp, clean, tight copy - no marks or inscriptions. Looks unread. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Used, bit creased and raffled on the top edge and corners. Orange sticker on the front (BBC Radio 4 Book of the week). Price unclipped. No foxing. Look at the pictures provided, please.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A young man?s voice from the silence of autism
• Publisher: Sceptre, Great Britain, London
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444799088
• ISBN 13: 9781444799088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Weight: 381 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The author of the bestselling phenomenon The Reason I Jump returns with a unique memoir about life as a young adult with severe autism. With an introduction by David Mitchell, who translated this book with his wife, KA Yoshida, this extraordinary new work explores education, identity, family, society, and personal growth, opening a window into the mind of its nonverbal author and providing remarkable insights into autism in general.

About the Author

Naoki Higashida was born in Kimitsu, Japan in 1992. He was diagnosed with autism in 1998 and subsequently attended a school for students with special needs, then (by correspondence) Atmark Cosmopolitan High School, graduating in 2011. Having learnt to use a method of communication based on an alphabet grid, Naoki wrote The Reason I Jump when he was thirteen and it was published in Japan in 2007. He has published several books since, from autobiographical accounts about living with autism to fairy tales, poems and illustrated books, and writes a regular blog. Despite his communication challenges, he also gives presentations about life on the autistic spectrum throughout Japan and works to raise awareness about autism. In 2011 he appeared in director Gerry Wurzburg's documentary on the subject, Wretches & Jabberers. David Mitchell is the author of the novels Ghostwritten, number9dream, Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, The Bone Clocks and Slade House. He has been shortlisted twice for the Man Booker Prize and won several awards for his writing. KA Yoshida was born in Yamaguchi, Japan, and specialised in English Poetry at Notre Dame Seishin University.