{"product_id":"a-tale-for-the-time-being-paperback-1","title":"A Tale for the Time Being - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Ozeki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki--shortlisted for the Booker Prize \u003cbr\u003e\"\"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.\"\" \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Full of Ozeki's signature humor and deeply engaged with the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth, \"A Tale for the Time Being\" is a brilliantly inventive, beguiling story of our shared humanity and the search for home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. She is the award-winning author of three novels, \"My Year of Meats,\" \"All Over Creation,\" and \"A Tale for the Time Being,\" which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her critically acclaimed independent films, including \"Halving the Bones,\" have been screened at Sundance and aired on PBS. She is affiliated with the Brooklyn Zen Center and the Everyday Zen Foundation. She lives in British Columbia and New York City. \u003cbr\u003e Visit www.ruthozeki.com and follow @ozekiland on Twitter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 681\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765200486688,"sku":"9781594136887","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b9420340645714e812048213cc3cf51f.webp?v=1780263492","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-tale-for-the-time-being-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}