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A Tale for the Time Being

Von: Ruth Ozeki
Gesprochen von: Ruth Ozeki
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Longlisted 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.©2013 Ruth Ozeki Belletristik Historische Krimis Krimis
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A Tale for the Time Being is a timeless story. Ruth Ozeki beautifully renders not only the devastation of the collision between man and the natural world, but also the often miraculous results of it. She is a deeply intelligent and humane writer who offers her insights with a grace that beguiles. I truly love this novel.
A Tale for the Time Being is equal parts mystery and meditation. The mystery is a compulsive, gritty page-turner. The meditation -- on time and memory, on the oceanic movement of history, on impermanence and uncertainty, but also resilience and bravery - is deep and gorgeous and wise. A completely satisfying, continually surprising, wholly remarkable achievement, this is a book to be read and reread
There is far too much to say about this remarkable and ambitious book in a few sentences. This is for real and not just another hyped-up blurb. A Tale For the Time Being is a great achievement, and it is the work of a writer at the height of her powers. Ruth Ozeki has not only reinvigorated the novel itself, the form, but she's given us the tried and true, deep and essential pleasure of characters who we love and who matter
Hooray - Ozeki rides again!
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Despite its darkest themes, I have really enjoyed this audiobook, its various layers and timelines.

Beautifully read

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I learned a lot about World War 2 from the Japanese perspective, I thoroughly enjoyed the story of the teenager who had to move from America to Japan, I was very touched by the personal story of the middle-aged woman who found the diary. A wise, very engaging and at times painful and very moving book, which is nevertheless life-affirming. One of my two favorite books this year - and I will probably also buy the print version for the extra footnotes. The author reads wonderfully. I do not know any Japanese, but I loved the Japanese fragments for their musicality. Excellent audio book.

Very well read

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My favorite book and it was a pleasure to hearing it from Ruth's voice. I really enjoyed it - for now, for the time being.

Forever

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