Written by naoki higashida, a very smart, very selfaware, and very charming thirteen yearold boy with autism, it is a oneofakind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. This remarkable book the reason i jump sheds light on a world, until not so long ago, completely closed to us the inner world of autism. Do you know what has happened to the author since the book was published. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates. Written by a yearold boy from japan, this book was translated by david. This book takes about ninety minutes to read, and it will stretch your vision of what it is to be human. This is a beautiful book written by a japanese boy who cant talk because of his. The book that helped me the most to think dutch about my own sons autism was written by a year old japanese boy called naoki higashida. I will say at the outset that it is a wonderful book, short but powerful. Higashida has since published several books in japan, including childrens and. The author, naoki higashida, was years old at the time he wrote the memoir, and nonverbal. This is an autobiographical book by a yearold japanese autist.
Naoki has had a number of other books about autism published in japan, both. Structured as a series of questions that a nonautistic person might ask an autistic one, naokis book is translated by david mitchell author of the novel cloud atlas and. Author david mitchell cotranslates autism memoir by. Cloud atlas author david mitchell and his wife keiko yoshida recently finished translating a famous japanese book written by a thirteen year old autistic child, the independent reports titled the reason i jump, author naoki higishida wrote the book to give readers a true grasp of autisms realities. The author of cloud atlas on why he translated a book by a year old japanese boy with. The newest is the reason i jump, popular in japan since it was published in 2007.
It is written by year old naoki higashida, a japanese boy who was diagnosed with autism at the age of five. The young author naoki higashida, diagnosed as autistic at the age of 5, was only years old when he wrote this book, giving us a unique inside into autism. Written by naoki higashida when he was only thirteen, this remarkable book. I had to keep reminding myself that the author was a thirteen year old boy when he wrote this. The inner voice of a thirteenyearold boy with autism. The author of cloud atlas on why he translated a book by a yearold japanese boy with autism. The independent goes into detail how higishida, now a motivational speaker and author of. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. The reason i jump, by naoki higashida the new york times. Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly. Connect with friends, family and other people you know.