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A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki (born 1956)
English editions
Written in EnglishA Tale for the Time Being
Canongate · United Kingdom · 2 June 2022 · Paperback · 464 pages
A Tale for the Time Being
Viking · United States · 12 March 2013 · Hardcover · 420 pages
A Tale for the Time Being
Penguin Books · United States · 31 December 2013 · Paperback · 448 pages
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Nao spent her childhood in California, but after her father lost his job the family moved back to Tokyo, where classmates torment her and her father sinks into depression. Resolved to end her life, she first wants to write down the life of Jiko, a Buddhist nun more than a century old and her great-grandmother, and starts a diary in a maid café. On a remote island in British Columbia, a writer named Ruth comes upon the diary in a freezer bag, along with old letters and a watch, perhaps carried over by the 2011 tsunami. Nao's pages alternate with Ruth's chapters as Ruth tries to find out what became of the girl, and the two lives begin to touch.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan, Canada
- First published
- 2013
- Author's age
- 57 when first published
- ISBN
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9780670026630 (Viking, United States)
9780143124870 (Penguin Books, United States)
9781838856250 (Canongate, United Kingdom)
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