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Item Details
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A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING
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| By: |
Ruth Ozeki |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£8.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0857867989 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780857867988 |
| Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
11 March, 2013 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
'Bewitching, intelligent and heartbreaking' Junot Diaz |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of The Kitschies 2013 (UK)
Winner of Independent Booksellers Week Book Award 2013 (UK).
Short-listed for The Man Booker Prize 2013 (UK)
Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards (UK). |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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