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'A Tale for the Time Being is a timeless story. Ruth Ozeki beautifully renders not only the devastation of the collision between man and the natural world, but also the often miraculous results of it. She is a deeply intelligent and humane writer who offers her insights with a grace that beguiles. I truly love this novel' Alice Sebold author of The Lovely Bones
'A Tale for the Time Being is equal parts mystery and meditation. The mystery is a compulsive, gritty page-turner. The meditation - on time and memory, on the oceanic movement of history, on impermanence and uncertainty, but also resilience and bravery - is deep and gorgeous and wise. A completely satisfying, continually surprising, wholly remarkable achievement, this is a book to be read and reread' Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
'There is far too much to say about this remarkable and ambitious book in a few sentences. This is for real and not just another hyped-up blurb. A Tale for the Time Being is a great achievement, and it is the work of a writer at the height of her powers. Ruth Ozeki has not only reinvigorated the novel itself, the form, but she's given us the tried and true, deep and essential pleasure of characters who we love and who matter' Jane Hamilton author of A Map of the World
'Hooray - Ozeki rides again!' Barbara Kingsolver on All Over Creation
'Ozeki joins the constellation of such writers as Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx and Margaret Atwood, bringing her own shrewd and playful humour and kinetic pizzazz to the table' Chicago Tribune on All Over Creation
'There are not many novels that can justify the label "extraordinary", as this one claims to be. Nonetheless, this is extraordinary for several reasons. It grapples with a quite astonishing pantheon of themes. The writing is witty, intelligent and passionate, inching between comment and emotional involvement without once losing its foothold. This is a disturbing, humorous and intelligent book' --Independent On My Year Of Meats
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'A Tale for the Time Being is equal parts mystery and meditation. The mystery is a compulsive, gritty page-turner. The meditation - on time and memory, on the oceanic movement of history, on impermanence and uncertainty, but also resilience and bravery - is deep and gorgeous and wise. A completely satisfying, continually surprising, wholly remarkable achievement, this is a book to be read and reread' Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
'There is far too much to say about this remarkable and ambitious book in a few sentences. This is for real and not just another hyped-up blurb. A Tale for the Time Being is a great achievement, and it is the work of a writer at the height of her powers. Ruth Ozeki has not only reinvigorated the novel itself, the form, but she's given us the tried and true, deep and essential pleasure of characters who we love and who matter' Jane Hamilton author of A Map of the World
'Hooray - Ozeki rides again!' Barbara Kingsolver on All Over Creation
'Ozeki joins the constellation of such writers as Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx and Margaret Atwood, bringing her own shrewd and playful humour and kinetic pizzazz to the table' Chicago Tribune on All Over Creation
'There are not many novels that can justify the label "extraordinary", as this one claims to be. Nonetheless, this is extraordinary for several reasons. It grapples with a quite astonishing pantheon of themes. The writing is witty, intelligent and passionate, inching between comment and emotional involvement without once losing its foothold. This is a disturbing, humorous and intelligent book' --Independent On My Year Of Meats
'Bewitching, intelligent and heartbreaking' Junot Díaz
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- PublisherBlackstone Pub
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1470879069
- ISBN 13 9781470879068
- BindingAudio CD
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