La razón por la que salto / Naoki Higashida ; introducción de David Mitchell ; adaptación al inglés de KA Yoshida y David Mitchell ; traducción de Jorge Rizzo.
Translation of The reason I jump : the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism, originally published in Japanese under title: Jiheishō no boku ga tobihaneru riyū.
Summary:
"Un nino autista otorga voz a aquellos que padecen su condicion y que ni siquiera tienen la capacidad de comunicarse verbalmente; que explica sus comportamientos; aquello que adoran y odian; las sensaciones que les produce nuestra actitud incredula o temerosa Naoki Higashida plantea preguntas como: Por que los autistas hablan tan alto y tan raro?; por que os gusta poner vuestros coches de juguete en fila y ordenar todos los bloques de los juegos de construccion?; por que eres incapaz de mantener contacto visual con aquellos que te hablan?; Ppor que saltas? Sus respuestas directas y claras, sirven de entrada a un mundo incomprensible para la mayoria de nosotros y consigue conmover. Es un canto a la vida. Ademas, intercala pequenas narraciones tambien escritas por el. El optimismo, la alegria de vivir y un estilo sencillo y directo, comprensible y accesible lo convierten en un libro de referencia,"--Amazon.com. Written by a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, this memoir demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within. Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights, into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory, are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again. In his introduction, novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki's words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they would be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond.--Publisher information.
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