The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel
Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
"No one writes like Ruth Ozeki--a triumph." --Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library "Inventive, vivid, and propelled by a sense of wonder." --TIME "If you've lost your way with fiction over the last year or two, let The Book of Form and Emptiness light your way home." --David Mit...show more
"No one writes like Ruth Ozeki--a triumph." --Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library "Inventive, vivid, and propelled by a sense of wonder." --TIME "If you've lost your way with fiction over the last year or two, let The Book of Form and Emptiness light your way home." --David Mit...show more
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It's so hard to describe this book, so I'll just start by saying that I loved it! Beautiful, tender, sad, and funny all at once. A coming of age story that delves into grief and loss, first love, mental illness, the power of books and reading, consumerism and our relationship to objects, and zen philosophy (the author is a Zen nun, among many other hats)
The book is about Benny, a teenage boy who has recently lost his father, and who begins to...read more
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