Isbn: 9780670026630 - a tale for the time being: a novel (ala notable books for adults) (8 Ergebnisse)

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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Advance Reader's Copy of Uncorrected Proofs in paperback. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Fine condition. "'A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.' In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace--and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox--possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao's drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future. Full of Ozeki's signature humor and drawing from the deep currents of our times--history, myth, manga culture, and quantum physics--A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING explores the intimate relationship between writer and reader, past and present, and fact and fiction to tell a brilliantly inventive, beguiling tale of our shared humanity and the search for home." [publisher copy] "As contemporary as a Japanese teenager's slang but as ageless as a Zen koan, Ruth Ozeki's new novel combines great storytelling with a probing investigation into the purpose of existence. She plunges us into a tantalizing narration that brandishes mysteries to be solved and ideas to be explored. Ozeki's profound affection for her characters makes A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING as emotionally engaging as it is intellectually provocative."--The Washington Post. "Ozeki's absorbing novel is an extended meditation on writing, time, and people in time. The characters' lives are finely drawn, from Ruth's rustic lifestyle to the Yasutani family's straitened existence after moving from Sunnyvale, California, to Tokyo. Nao's winsome voice contrasts with Ruth's intellectual ponderings to make up a lyrical disquisition on writing's power to transcend time and place. This tale from Ozeki, a Zen Buddhist priest, is sure to please anyone who values a good story broadened with intellectual vigor."--Publishers Weekly. Pristine paperback ARC has bound-in pages of Dear Reader recommendations & acclaim from publishers worldwide; colorful copy w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine & no jacket as issued.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 432 pages. 10.25x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.