The Book of Form and Emptiness
Language: English
Published by Canongate Publishing Ltd, 2021
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- Signed
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. First Edition; First printing. SIGNED by the author to the limitation page. Condition: Very Good in a Very Good unclipped jacket. Jacket is protected by archival protective covering. Topping's signed edition: confirmation letter tipped in. A clean copy that has been read. Please note that if ordering from abroad, any customs charge will be the responsibility of the buyer. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland.
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- Title
- The Book of Form and Emptiness
- Author
- Ozeki, Ruth
- Publisher
- Canongate Publishing Ltd
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1838855238
- ISBN 13
- 9781838855239
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 810 grams
- Dimensions
- 4.7 centimeters width by 16.2 centimeters height by 24 centimeters depth
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022
One year after the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house - a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone; some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. When his mother develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous.
At first Benny tries to ignore them, but soon the voices follow him outside the house, onto the street and at school, driving him at last to seek refuge in the silence of a large public library, where objects are well-behaved and know to speak in whispers. There, he falls in love with a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret, who uses the library as her performance space. He meets a homeless philosopher-poet, who encourages him to ask important questions and find his own voice amongst the many. And he meets his very own Book - a talking thing - who narrates Benny's life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.
The Book of Form and Emptiness blends unforgettable characters, riveting plot and vibrant engagement with everything from jazz to climate change to our attachment to material possessions. This is classic Ruth Ozeki - bold, humane and heartbreaking.
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About the Author
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. She is the author of four novels including The Book of Form and Emptiness, which won the Women's Prize for Fiction, and A Tale for the Time Being, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and translated into 28 languages. Ozeki has also written a short memoir, Timecode of a Face. She is affiliated with the Everyday Zen Foundation and lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she teaches creative writing at Smith College and is the Grace Jarcho Ross 1933 Professor of Humanities.
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