A Year Before Death I Met You

A youth drama about first, sincere love became a real sensation in Japan: over 500,000 copies sold and a Netflix adaptation. "A Year Before Death I Met You" will appeal to all fans of Asian culture, animation, and the works... of Makoto Shinkai and Mamoru Hosoda.How to live knowing that in a year your heart will stop forever? The diagnosis of seventeen-year-old Akito sounds like a sentence, hope is lost. The young man closes himself off and pours his pain and fear into black-and-white drawings.An accidental meeting in the hospital becomes a glimmer of light for Akito, preventing him from slipping into the abyss of despair. Harune is sixteen, and she is also terminally ill. However, the girl awaits her death with a smile on her lips, and her drawings are full of bright colors.Akito cannot understand her – and cannot forget her. Will he have the courage to fall in love, knowing that love will soon come to an end?After reading this story, you won't want to postpone your life for later!The debut novel by Ao Morita "A Year Before Death I Met You" is a book about pure first love, full of tenderness and hope. The edition will make a wonderful gift for fans of young adult literature, contemporary prose, and the atmosphere of Japan.