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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki (author)

Paperback Published on: 02/06/2022

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An Unexpected Delight

We are all connected by the passage of time and by the stories we tell while we're together and apart. This novel brings together two women separated by ti... READ MORE

Katherine Bell at Edinburgh Ocean Terminal

Absolutely amazing!

I soon as I started reading this, I knew it was something special. I was absolutely blown away by A Tale for the Time Being, it's deeping moving and yet fu... READ MORE

Laura Martin at Hastings

glorious and devastating.

I finished this a few days ago and left my review for a while, hoping that by then I would know what to say about this unusual and beautiful book. Unfortun... READ MORE

Jenn Morgans

What a cracker!

With a dash of Murakami's surrealist Japan and a sprinklng of Proulx's storm swept Canada, this book is utterly captivating. I couldn't decide which charac... READ MORE

Alice Baynton at Aberystwyth

An astonishing book.

I can't get this out of my head. I finished it last night and it's been stuck on my mind and will be for the considerable future. Ruth Ozeki has created a ... READ MORE

Alice Hawes at Wandsworth

Synopsis

In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home in British Columbia. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes, heartbreak and dreams of a young girl desperate for someone to understand her. Each turn of the page pulls Ruth deeper into the mystery of Nao's life, and forever changes her in a way neither could foresee.

Weaving across continents and decades, A Tale for the Time Being is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity and the search for home.

Publisher information

Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781838856250
Number of pages: 464
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 mm
Weight: 308g
Languages: English

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Completely unique

This was unlike anything I've ever really read and it's an amazing achievement: the structure is very clever but sometimes frustrating as it moves between ... READ MORE

CazLa

Better Without the Science

This Booker-shortlisted novel is largely split between our narrator, 'Ruth' and Nao Yusutani whose diary she is reading after it is washed up on the shore ... READ MORE

BenjaminPXR5

Absolutely fantastic

I bought this book on a whim and I'm thrilled I did because it's an absolutely fantastic book. The story is told in a beautiful way, with a mystic twist th... READ MORE

EGreenie

Superb writing

One of my all-time favourite novels. A wonderful synthesis of east/west, teenage/adult, spiritual/earthly, Japanese/western concerns. The sign of any good ... READ MORE

Alan Davis

Wonderful, in every way.

This was lent to me by a colleague who loved it and thought I might like it too, she was right. It is superbly written and one can't help but fall in love ... READ MORE

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A Tale for the Time Being

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