A tale for the time being
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670026630 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0670026638 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780143124870 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
422 pages ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Viking, 2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Subject: | Women authors Fiction Buddhist nuns Fiction Teenage girls Fiction |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | OZEKI R (Text) | 33126025759006 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2012 October #2
In Tokyo, shy, bullied 16-year-old Nao determines to end it allâbut not before chronicling the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun. After the 2011 tsunami, a novelist named Ruth opens a Hello Kitty lunchbox that's fetched up on a remote island off North America's coast and is immediately drawn into the story of Nao and her ancestor. Ozeki lives part-time in British Columbia and was recently ordained a Buddhist nun, so in some ways she's writing close to home. But here's betting that this award-winning novelist (My Year of Meats), also honored for her work in film, will take her narrative to the next level while remaining engagingly accessible; the best-selling Meats was translated into 11 languages and sold in 14 countries. Sales rep enthusiasm, too.
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Ozeki's beautifully crafted work, which arrives a decade after her last novel, All Over Creation, strives to unravel the mystery of a 16-year-old Japanese American girl's diary found washed ashore in Whaletown, British Columbia. Born in Sunnyvale, CA, Nao logs her diary entries from Japan since her father returned the family there following the burst of the dot-com bubble. Ozeki creates a host of colorful tales surrounding Nao and her 104-year-old great-grandmother, Jiko, a Buddhist nun, and great uncle Haruki, who was a kamikaze pilot in World War II. Meanwhile, in Canada, author Ruth and her husband, Oliver, are reading Nao's entries in the year 2012, wondering whether the diary is debris from the devastating tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, and whether Nao is still alive. VERDICT Ozeki adeptly intertwines past and present while weaving bits of history into her stories. Topics such as bullying, politics, depression, suicidal tendencies, and Buddhism are explored throughout, and as in previous novels, Ozeki validates her gift for writing prose that raises thought-provoking issues for readers to ponder long after finishing the book. [See Prepub Alert, 9/24/12.]âShirley Quan, Orange Cty. P.L., Santa Ana, CA
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