Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8

Cover of the book
Author Naoki Higashida
Translator Keiko Yoshida, David Mitchell
Language English
Subject Autism
Publisher Random House
Publication date
 2015
Published in English
 2017
Pages 240[1]
ISBN 978-0-8129-9739-2 (Hardcover)
Preceded by The Reason I Jump

Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism is a book written in 2015 by Japanese author Naoki Higashida when he was between the ages of 18 and 22.[2] Higashida has severe autism and his verbal communication skills are limited.[3][1] However, he is able to communicate by pointing at letters on an alphabet chart.[4][5][6]

This is Higashida's second major English-translated book and a follow-up to The Reason I Jump. The book is a collection of short chapters arranged in eight sections in which Higashida explores identity, family relationships, education, society, and his personal growth.[1][4] The title comes from a Japanese proverb, 七転び八起き, which literally translates as "Fall seven times and stand up eight."

The English translation by Keiko Yoshida and her husband, author David Mitchell, was released on July 11, 2017.[7][5][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Abbott, Mark (July 10, 2017). "Summer reading: Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8 by Naoki Higashida". The Province.
  2. ↑ Moore, William (June 29, 2017). "Fall Down 7 times get up 8 — A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida - review". London Evening Standard.
  3. ↑ "Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism". Random House. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Kosaka, Kris (July 8, 2017). "'Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8': 'The Reason I Jump' author returns with new English collection". The Japan Times.
  5. 1 2 Doherty, Mike (July 13, 2017). "David Mitchell on translating—and learning from—Naoki Higashida". Macleans.
  6. ↑ Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 - writing with autism. Hodder & Stoughton. June 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ Higashida, Naoki (July 9, 2017). "Author of teen autism memoir grows up but can't escape heartbreak". Toronto Star.
  8. ↑ "Rise of the autie-biography: A Japanese author writes about coping with autism" (Both website and print herein). The Economist. August 10–12, 2017. pp. 68–69. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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