A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING - BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST 2013 - DECORATED BOARDS WITH EXPOSED SPINE, CRITICALLY STILL WRAPPED IN PUBLISHER'S SHRINKWRAP WITH LABELS INTACT - SPECIAL SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING.

OZEKI Ruth

ISBN 10: 0857867962 / ISBN 13: 9780857867964

Published by Canongate, London, 2013

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In Mint Condition, this Book has Been Signed by Ruth Ozeki to the Title Page. The Book is in As New condition, no Dust Jacket as issued.The Book is still covered in the Publisher's Shrinkwrap with "This Special Edition is fragile" & "Signed By The Author" Labels present. There are no inscriptions. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 002506

Bibliographic Details

Title: A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING - BOOKER PRIZE ...

Publisher: Canongate, London

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Stunning Limited Edition hardback with hand-crafted Nepalese binding and beautifully designed full-colour endpapers

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013

'Hi! My name is Nao, and I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you.'

Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes and dreams of a young girl. She suspects it might have arrived on a drift of debris from the 2011 tsunami. With every turn of the page, she is sucked deeper into an enchanting mystery.

In a small cafe in Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao Yasutani is navigating the challenges thrown up by modern life. In the face of cyberbullying, the mysteries of a 104-year-old Buddhist nun and great-grandmother, and the joy and heartbreak of family, Nao is trying to find her own place - and voice - through a diary she hopes will find a reader and friend who finally understands her.

Weaving across continents and decades, and exploring the relationship between reader and writer, fact and fiction, A Tale for the Time Being is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity and the search for home.

About the Author:

Ruth Ozeki is an award-winning novelist and filmmaker. Her third novel, A Tale for the Time Being won the 2013 Independent Booksellers Book Award and the Kitchies Red Tentacle Award, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013 and the National Book Critics Award for Fiction. She is also the author of My Year of Meats and All Over Creation. Ozeki was born and raised in Connecticut, by an American father and Japanese mother. In June 2010 she was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest. She divides her time between British Columbia and New York.

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